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playhouse

/pley-hous/US // ˈpleɪˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈpleɪˌhaʊs) //

戏院,戏楼,戏屋,剧场

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural play·hous·es [pley-hou-ziz]. /ˈpleɪˌhaʊ zɪz/.

    • : a theater.
    • : a small house for children to play in.
    • : a toy house.

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Examples

  • He was about to go onstage at a playhouse in San Francisco—his first big role—when he heard the noise.

  • These numbers have meant a return of audiences, with crowd-control protocols, to such live events as the Australian Open and theater in the big playhouses of Sydney and Melbourne.

  • If it passed muster with an adjudicator, it would be put on at the local playhouse.

  • He made a big difference in my life, he was my first director out of the Neighborhood Playhouse, and he was a great friend.

  • Jane and her father acted together in a community production at the Dennis Playhouse, with Jane playing the role of the ingénue.

  • It left court-watchers wondering if the child's body might have first been stored inside the playhouse.

  • Ed Stern, who is the Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Playhouse, finally said he couldn't handle it anymore.

  • Other plays including tragedies and comedies, famous and not so famous, were acted at the Williamsburg Playhouse.

  • George Washington enjoyed dramatic presentations very much and on numerous occasions visited the Williamsburg Playhouse.

  • The first playhouse, we should remember, was not erected by a troupe of actors, but by a money-seeking individual.

  • It was this bit of "void ground" that Burbage had selected as a suitable location for his proposed playhouse.

  • One Edmund Peckham laid claim to the land on which the playhouse had been built, and brought suit against Alleyn for recovery.