amphitheater
amphitheater — 名詞
1. a large open-air building, usually round or egg-shaped, where seats rise in step
圓形劇場
座位環繞中央、可看表演的露天場地
a large open-air building, usually round or egg-shaped, where seats rise in steps around a central space so that crowds can watch shows, games, or sporting events
Kwame stood at the top of the ancient amphitheater and looked down at the stage below.
Kwame 站在這座古老圓形劇場的最高處，俯視下方的舞台。
concrete physical setting for the outdoor-arena sense
Thousands of fans filled the stone amphitheater to watch the summer concert under the stars.
成千上萬的歌迷擠滿了這座石造圓形劇場，在星空下欣賞夏季演唱會。
collocation: stone amphitheater + open-air event
The Roman amphitheater could hold fifty thousand people who came to cheer the fighters.
這座羅馬圓形劇場可以容納五萬人，他們都來為鬥士們歡呼。
collocation: Roman amphitheater for spectacles
Tamar booked front-row seats to watch the evening dance show at the open-air amphitheater.
Tamar 訂了前排的座位，要在這座露天圓形劇場觀賞晚間的舞蹈表演。
Rain delayed the outdoor play, so the audience waited under umbrellas around the amphitheater.
大雨讓戶外的戲劇延後，觀眾撐著傘在圓形劇場四周等候。
- ancient amphitheater
- Roman amphitheater
- open-air amphitheater
- stone amphitheater
用法筆記
Subject is typically an outdoor public venue; distinguish from sense 2, which is an indoor sloped hall used for lectures or surgery.
2. a large indoor room in which rows of seats climb steeply upward, so that everyon
階梯講堂
座位逐排升高、便於觀看講課或手術
a large indoor room in which rows of seats climb steeply upward, so that everyone can see a speaker, a stage, or an operation taking place at the bottom
The medical students sat in the surgical amphitheater and watched the heart operation from above.
醫學生坐在階梯式手術觀摩廳裡，從上方看著這場心臟手術。
collocation: surgical amphitheater for observing operations
Professor Vivek lectured to two hundred students in the steep university amphitheater.
Vivek 教授在這間陡峭的大學階梯講堂裡，對兩百名學生授課。
collocation: university amphitheater as a lecture hall
From the back of the amphitheater, Inês could still read the slides on the screen.
從這間階梯講堂的後方，Inês 仍然看得清楚螢幕上的投影片。
rising-seat sloped-hall sense, clear sightlines
The new science building has a bright amphitheater whose rows of seats rise toward the back wall.
這棟新的科學大樓有一間明亮的階梯講堂，一排排座位向後牆逐漸升高。
Caleb found a quiet seat high up in the lecture amphitheater before the talk began.
Caleb 在演講開始前，在這間階梯講堂的高處找到了一個安靜的座位。
- surgical amphitheater
- lecture amphitheater
- university amphitheater
- auditorium
a large hall for an audience, but seats need not rise as steeply
- lecture hall
the everyday word for a teaching room; plainer and more common
- gallery
an upper viewing level rather than the whole sloped room
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is an enclosed hall for lectures or surgical demonstrations, not an open-air venue for crowds.
同根字
- theater名詞A2
- theatrical形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- amphitheater seats
- amphitheater stage
常用片語
- built like an amphitheater
- the seats of the amphitheater
介系詞搭配
- in the amphitheater
- at the amphitheater