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theatre 音标拼音: [θ'iətɚ] n. 剧院,电影院,影剧院 剧院,电影院,影剧院 theatre n 1: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [synonym: {theater}, {theatre}, {house}] 2: the art of writing and producing plays [synonym: {dramaturgy}, {dramatic art}, {dramatics}, {theater}, {theatre}] 3: a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" [synonym: {field}, {field of operations}, {theater}, {theater of operations}, {theatre}, {theatre of operations}] Theater \The"a*ter\, Theatre \The"a*tre\, n. [F. th['e][^a]tre, L. theatrum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see, view; cf. Skr. dhy[=a] to meditate, think. Cf. {Theory}.] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. [1913 Webster] 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. --Burns. [1913 Webster] Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. [1913 Webster] Theatin 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "theatre": acting, area, arena, auditorium, coliseum, drama, dramaturgy, hippodrome, histrionics, melodrama, opera house, performance, performing, playhouse, scene, setting, show business, stagecraft, staginess, the boards, the stage, theatrics Theatre
only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.
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