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单词 theatre
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theatre

noun
 
/ˈθɪətə(r)/
/ˈθiːətər/
(US English theater)
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  1.  
    [countable] a building or an outdoor area where plays and similar types of entertainment are performed
    • Broadway theatres
    • an open-air theatre
    • How often do you go to the theatre?
    • She left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell.
    see also community theater (2), lecture theatre
    Wordfinder
    • artistic director
    • auditorium
    • balcony
    • box office
    • circle
    • director
    • foyer
    • stage
    • the stalls
    • theatre
    Extra Examples
    • I haven't been to the theatre for a long time.
    • The city's first purpose-built theatre is nearing completion.
    • The pier has a unique little puppet theatre.
    • The theatre was packed for the opening night.
    • There's a bar in the theatre.
    • We were at the theatre last night.
    Topics Buildingsa1, Film and theatrea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • little
    • small
    verb + theatre/​theater
    • go to
    • visit
    • enter
    theatre/​theater + noun
    • seat
    • ticket
    • design
    preposition
    • at a/​the theatre
    • in a/​the theatre
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    (also movie theater)
    (both North American English)
    (British English cinema)
    [countable] a building in which films are shown
    • They arrived at the movie theater a few minutes later.
    • I urge you to go see this film when it comes to a theater near you.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • little
    • small
    verb + theatre/​theater
    • go to
    • visit
    • enter
    theatre/​theater + noun
    • seat
    • ticket
    • design
    preposition
    • at a/​the theatre
    • in a/​the theatre
    See full entry
  3.  
    [uncountable] plays considered as entertainment
    • an evening of live music and theatre
    • (British English) I like music, theatre and cinema.
    • current ideas about what makes good theatre (= what makes good entertainment when performed)
    • We're huge fans of musical theatre.
    • live/street/youth theatre
    • a theatre critic
    see also coup de théâtre, fringe theatre, street theatre
    Extra Examples
    • There was some good fringe theatre at the festival.
    • an hour-long theatre piece
    • the Toronto theatre scene
    • (figurative) The Chancellor's speech was an absorbing piece of political theatre.
    Topics Film and theatrea2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • great
    • live
    … of theatre/​theater
    • piece
    verb + theatre/​theater
    • study
    theatre/​theater + noun
    • studies
    • critic
    • piece
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  4.  
    [uncountable]
    (also the theatre [singular])
    the work of writing, producing and acting in plays
    • I want to work in theatre.
    • a theatre troupe/company
    • He had never done musical theatre when he landed the lead role as the Phantom.
    • He was essentially a man of the theatre.
    • He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university.
    see also community theater (1)Topics Film and theatreb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + theatre/​theater
    • be in
    • work in
    • go into
    theatre/​theater + noun
    • director
    • impresario
    • producer
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  5. (also operating theatre (both British English), North American English operating room)
    [countable, uncountable] a room in a hospital used for medical operations
    • a theatre sister (= a nurse who helps during operations)
    • in theatre He's still in theatre.
    • He's already been taken to theatre for the operation.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • operating
    verb + theatre
    • take to
    theatre + noun
    • nurse
    • sister
    • staff
    preposition
    • in (the) theatre
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  6. [countable, usually singular] theatre (of war/operations) (formal) the place in which a war or fighting takes place
    • an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre
    • Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.
  7. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.
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