entertainment

en·ter·tain·ment

E0160900 (ĕn′tər-tān′mənt)n.1. The act of entertaining.2. The art or field of entertaining.3. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.4. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement: The comedian performed for our entertainment.5. Archaic Maintenance; support.6. Obsolete Employment.

entertainment

(ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt) n1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained2. an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement

en•ter•tain•ment

(ˌɛn tərˈteɪn mənt)

n. 1. the act of entertaining. 2. diversion; amusement. 3. something affording pleasure or amusement, esp. a performance. 4. hospitable provision for the needs and wants of guests. 5. a divertingly adventurous, comic, or picaresque novel. 6. Obs. maintenance in service. [1525–35]

Thesaurus

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entertainment - an activity that is diverting and that holds the attentionamusementdiversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"beguilement, distraction - an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexationsedutainment - entertainment that is intended to be educationalextravaganza - any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainmentmilitainment - entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebratednight life, nightlife - the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversionshow - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill"

entertainment

noun1. enjoyable, fun, pleasure, leisure, satisfaction, relaxation, recreation, enjoyment, distraction, amusement, diversion I play the piano purely for my own entertainment.2. pastime, show, sport, performance, play, treat, presentation, leisure activity, beer and skittles He organized entertainments and events for elderly people.Quotations
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot" [Steve Martin]

Entertainment

Types of entertainment acrobatics, aerobatics, agon, airshow, all-dayer, all-nighter, antimasque, après-ski, aquashow, ball, ballet, banquet, bear-baiting, bullfighting, burlesque show, busking, cabaret, carnival, ceilidh, charade, circus, cockfighting, comedy, command performance, concert, conjuring, cotillion or cotillon (U.S. & Canad.), dance, escapology, exhibition, fair, farce, fashion show, feast, fête or fete, film, fireworks or pyrotechnics, floor show, funambulism or tightrope-walking, gala, galanty show, garden party, gaudy, gig (informal), ice show, juggling, karaoke, kermis or kirmess (U.S. & Canad.), levee, light show, magic, masked ball, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, musical, music hall, opera, operetta, pantomime, party, play, puppet show, raree show, rave, reading, reception, recital, recitation, revue or review, ridotto, road show, rodeo, shadow play, show, sideshow, singsong, slide show, slot machine, soiree, son et lumière, street theatre, striptease, tragedy, variety, vaudeville, ventriloquism, video game, wall of death, waltzer, warehouse party, whist drive, zarzuelaTypes of entertainer acrobat, actor or (fem.) actress, artist, artiste, auguste, bareback rider, busker, chorus girl, circus artist, clown, comedian or (fem.) comedienne, conjurer, contortionist, dancer, diva, equilibrist, escapologist, exotic dancer, fire eater, fool, funambulist or tightrope walker, funnyman, go-go dancer, gracioso, guiser, harlequin, illusionist, impersonator, impressionist, jester, jongleur, juggler, lion tamer, magician, merry-andrew, mimic, minstrel, mummer, musician, organ-grinder, performer, prima ballerina, prima donna, puppeteer, quick-change artist, raconteur, ringmaster, show girl, singer, snake charmer, stripteaser or stripper, strolling player, strongman, sword swallower, tightrope walker, tragedian or (fem.) tragedienne, trapeze artist, trouper, tumbler, unicyclist, vaudevillian, ventriloquistPlaces of entertainment amphitheatre, amusement arcade (Brit.), arena, auditorium, ballroom, bandstand, big top, bingo hall, carnival, cinema, circus, coliseum or colosseum, concert hall, dance hall, disco, fairground, funfair, gallery, hall, leisure centre, lido, marquee, museum, music hall, nightclub, nightspot, niterie (slang), opera house, social club, stadium, theatre, vaudeville, waxworks, zoo

entertainment

noun1. Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain:amusement, distraction, diversion, recreation.2. The condition of being amused:amusement, recreation.

Translations

乐趣娱乐文娱节目消遣表演会

entertain

(entəˈtein) verb1. to receive, and give food etc to (guests). They entertained us to dinner. 招待 招待2. to amuse. His stories entertained us for hours. 使娛樂 使娱乐3. to hold in the mind. He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister. 懷著 怀着enterˈtainer noun one who gives amusing performances professionally. 表演者 款待者，表演者 ˌenterˈtaining adjective amusing. entertaining stories. 有趣的 有趣的ˌenterˈtainment noun1. something that entertains, eg a theatrical show etc. 樂娛節目，表演會 文娱节目，表演会 2. the act of entertaining. 娛樂 娱乐3. amusement; interest. There is no lack of entertainment in the city at night. 消遣，樂趣 消遣，乐趣

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