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• gallery   /ˈɡæləri/ DJ   /'gælərɪ/ KK
  • noun
    • Irregular:
      -ies plural
    • （艺术作品的）陈列室，展览馆；画廊 a room or building for showing works of art, especially to the public
      • 美术馆；绘画陈列室 an art/a picture gallery
      • 国家美术馆 the National Gallery
      • See also:
        art gallery
    • 私家画店 a small private shop/store where you can see and buy works of art
    • （大厅的）楼座，楼上旁听席 an upstairs area at the back or sides of a large hall where people can sit
      • 法庭宣读谋杀指控时受害者的亲属在公共旁听席观看。 Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
      • See also:
        press gallery
    • （剧场中票价最低的）顶层楼座 the highest level in a theatre where the cheapest seats are
    • 长廊；走廊；柱廊 a long narrow room, especially one used for a particular purpose
      • See also:
        shooting gallery
    • （矿坑或洞穴中的）水平巷道 a level passage under the ground in a mine or cave
    • Idiom:
      play to the gallery
      • 哗众取宠；行为惹人注目 to behave in an exaggerated way to attract people's attention

English dictionary

• gal·ler·y
  • A room or building for the display or sale of works of art
  • A collection of pictures
  • A balcony, esp. a platform or upper floor, projecting from the back or sidewall inside a church or hall, providing space for an audience or musicians

Related phrases

• art gallery
  美术馆；艺术展览馆
• press gallery
  （议会或法庭的）记者席
• shooting gallery
  射击场；打靶场
• play to the gallery
  哗众取宠；行为惹人注目
• peanut gallery
  【美】【俚】(影剧院的)廉价后排座
• public gallery
  (会议的) 旁听席
• rogues' gallery
  罪犯相片陈列室

Synonyms

• noun: balcony

Web translations

Usage examples

• "In his understated way, he did his duty as a leader, not as a performer playing to the gallery," Mr. Kissinger said.
  Jan 3, 2007 -  Henry Kissinger -  Dallas Morning News
• "Not a chance in the world would I ever go out there and fight that gallery, not even for two holes," Jim Furyk said.
  Jun 11, 2004 -  Jim Furyk -  Orlando Sentinel
• "You've either got to say they're all bunkers or they're not bunkers," Goydos said. "I don't think you take into account that guys would hit the ball 75 yards off line. Maybe they could have cleared the gallery so he could see the bunker....
  Aug 16, 2010 -  Paul Goydos -  The Associated Press

Web definitions

• • spectators at a golf or tennis match
    
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• • veranda: a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
    
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• • a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
    
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