- [countable]
a building or an outdoor area where plays and similar types of entertainment are performed 戏院；剧场；露天剧场 
Broadway theatres 百老汇的剧院 an open-air theatre 露天剧场 How often do you go to the theatre? 你多久看一次戏？ She left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell. 落幕后几分钟她就离开了剧场。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa1, Film and theatrea1I haven't been to the theatre for a long time. 我很长时间没去剧场了。 The city's first purpose-built theatre is nearing completion. 该市第一座专用剧院已接近完工。 The pier has a unique little puppet theatre. 码头有一个独特的小木偶剧院。 The theatre was packed for the opening night. 演出首夜剧院里座无虚席。 There's a bar in the theatre. 剧院里有一个酒吧。 We were at the theatre last night. 我们昨天晚上去看戏了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
- small
- …
- go to
- visit
- enter
- …
- seat
- ticket
- design
- …
- at a/the theatre
- in a/the theatre
- (also movie theater)(both North American English)(British English cinema)[countable]
a building in which films are shown 电影院 They arrived at the movie theater a few minutes later. 几分钟后，他们到达了电影院。 I urge you to go see this film when it comes to a theater near you. 当这部电影来到你附近的剧院时，我劝你去看。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
- small
- …
- go to
- visit
- enter
- …
- seat
- ticket
- design
- …
- at a/the theatre
- in a/the theatre
- [uncountable]
plays considered as entertainment 戏剧 an evening of live music and theatre 现场演奏音乐戏剧晚会 - (British English)
I like music, theatre and cinema. 我喜欢音乐、戏剧和电影。 current ideas about what makes good theatre (= what makes good entertainment when performed) 对何谓好戏剧的普遍看法 We're huge fans of musical theatre. 我们是音乐剧的超级粉丝。 live/street/youth theatre 现场/街头/青年剧院 a theatre critic 戏剧评论家
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2There was some good fringe theatre at the festival. 节日期间有一些不错的边缘戏剧。 an hour-long theatre piece 时长一小时的戏剧演出 the Toronto theatre scene 多伦多戏剧界 - (figurative)
The Chancellor's speech was an absorbing piece of political theatre. 那位大臣的演讲是一齣引人入胜的政治剧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- great
- live
- …
- piece
- study
- studies
- critic
- piece
- …
- [uncountable] (also the theatre [singular])
the work of writing, producing and acting in plays 戏剧工作；剧作；演出；上演 I want to work in theatre. 我想从事戏剧工作。 a theatre troupe/company 剧团/公司 He had never done musical theatre when he landed the lead role as the Phantom. 当他得到幻影的主角时，他从未做过音乐剧。 He was essentially a man of the theatre. 他本质上是个戏剧人。 He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university. 他想读完大学后进入戏剧界。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + theatre/theater- be in
- work in
- go into
- …
- director
- impresario
- producer
- …
- (also operating theatre (both British English), North American English operating room)[countable, uncountable]
a room in a hospital used for medical operations 手术室 a theatre sister (= a nurse who helps during operations) 手术室护士长 - in theatre
He's still in theatre. 他仍在接受手术。 He's already been taken to theatre for the operation. 他已经被送进手术室接受手术了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- operating
- take to
- nurse
- sister
- staff
- …
- in (the) theatre
- [countable, usually singular] theatre (of war/operations) (formal)
the place in which a war or fighting takes place 战场；战区 an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre 太平洋战区的一名情报官员 Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans. 俄罗斯的回应是在巴尔干半岛开辟一个新的战场。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.