- [only before noun]
connected with the theatre 戏剧的；演剧的；剧场的 a theatrical agent 演员经纪人
- (often disapproving)
(of behaviour 举止 deliberately attracting attention or creating a particular effect in a way that seems false 演戏似的；夸张的；做作的 a theatrical gesture 夸张的姿势
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theatre’) + -al.