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amphitheatre

US // (ˈæmfɪˌθɪətə) //

大剧场,大剧院,露天大剧场,露天剧场

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a building, usually circular or oval, in which tiers of seats rise from a central open arena, as in those of ancient Rome
    • : a place where contests are held; arena
    • : any level circular area of ground surrounded by higher ground
    • : the first tier of seats in the gallery of a theatreany similarly designated seating area in a theatre
    • : a lecture room in which seats are tiered away from a central area

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Examples

  • The Gorge Amphitheatre plays host to the 3-day festival Sasquatch on the west coast in Washington.

  • The Nevilles have come to town to play the Universal Amphitheatre as Linda Ronstadt's opening act.

  • Not long after he took the stage Friday at the Gorge Amphitheatre's Sasquatch!

  • Who has copied the Flavian amphitheatre except as a convenient form for exhibitors on the stage, or for the rostrum of an orator?

  • Probably, since the world began, no other fire lighted by man had struggled against the gloom of this tremendous amphitheatre.

  • The bowlders were on all sides, there being a natural amphitheatre several rods in extent.

  • All over the great amphitheatre the words ran, “The fool Diogenes!”

  • The clinical lectures are delivered in the Hospital of San Andres, to which an anatomical amphitheatre was attached in 1792.