Word familyadjectivetheatraltheatricalnountheatricalismtheatricalizationtheatricalnesstheatricalstheatricismtheatricstheatromaniatheatrophonetheatre-in-the-roundtheatreverbtheatricalizetheatricizeadverbtheatrically
He’s really interested in literature and the theatre.
他对文学和戏剧很感兴趣。
Yeats’ plays are great poetry but they are not good theatre (=good entertainment).
叶芝的剧作都是伟大的诗篇,但娱乐性不强。
b)APTthe work of acting in, writing, or organizing plays 戏剧事业,戏剧工作
classes in theater and music
戏剧和音乐班
in the theatre
She’s been working in the theatre over thirty years.
她从事戏剧工作已有三十余载。
3place to see a film 看电影的地方 [countableC]American EnglishAmEAMF a building where films are shown 电影院SYN American English movie theater, British English cinema
‘Bambi’ was the first movie I ever saw in the theater.
programmeBritish EnglishBrE, programAmerican EnglishAmE a small book that you buy when you go to the theatre that gives information about the play and the performers
His name is not in the programme.
Do you want me to buy you a program?
intervalBritish EnglishBrE, intermissionBritish EnglishBrE formal and American EnglishAmE a shortperiod of time between the parts of a play or show when the audience can talk or have a drink
in the theatre• Wonderful music, but in the theatre - well, I must say it is not to my taste.• A comparabletendency is to be found in the theatre.• By the early 1970s, partly preoccupied by family life, Tutin was seen far less in the theatre.• There is no trace of hunting music in the theatrescore at this point or anywhere else.• You've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre?• Unsurprising, you might argue, given the chequered history of popsingersin the theatre.• The musical opens with her trial; in the theatre on the first night, she was in tears.• Do you enjoy working in the theatre?