theatre

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theatre的基本意思是“戏院,剧院”,可指剧院,也可指电影院,还可指“露天剧场”,在美式英语中拼作theater,用于专有名词时须加定冠词the并大写首字母,引申可表示“礼堂,阶梯教室”“手术室”“战场,战区”等,是可数名词。
theatre也可作“戏剧,戏剧文学,戏剧艺术”“剧本的写作或演出”解,是不可数名词,其前通常加定冠词the。
theatre还可作“戏剧界,戏剧业”解,通常用作单数形式,其前通常加定冠词the。

(BUILDING/ROOM) a building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activity
(PERFORMING ARTS) (the writing or performance of) plays, opera, etc., written to be performed in public
(BEHAVIOUR) behaviour that is not sincere and is intended just to produce a particular effect or to attract attention
(MILITARY) an area or place in which important military events happen

AM theater
You can refer to work in the theatre such as acting or writing plays as the theatre.
Theatre is entertainment that involves the performance of plays.
A theatre is a room in a hospital where surgeons operate on their patients.
A theatre or a movie theatre is a place where people go to watch movies for entertainment.

戏剧
Its performing arts become image code that understanding theatre culture of West and East.
其舞台艺术成为西方戏剧界认识中国戏剧乃至东方戏剧文化的形象符码。
剧场
Then, the discourse focuses on the active and complex performance condition of Huaji actors and actresses, because Huaji theatre is the direct cause of“Huajixi”滑稽戏.
由于舞台滑稽演出是“滑稽戏”形成的直接动因,本文集中分析了滑稽家们在剧场舞台上活跃而复杂的演出状况。
剧院