theatre
noun/ˈθiːətər/
(US English theater)
Слово англійською: theatre
Переклад theatre українською: теа́тр, кіно́, кінотеа́тр, операці́йна, (театра́льна) тру́па
Детальний опис
- [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.
Wordfinder- artistic director
- auditorium
- balcony
- box office
- circle
- director
- foyer
- stage
- the stalls
- theatre
- (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.
- [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
- [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.
- (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.
- [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.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.