gallery

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it. (藝術(shù)作品的) 陳列室; 美術(shù)館
...an art gallery. …一座美術(shù)館。
2. N-COUNT A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art. 私人字畫店
The painting is in the gallery upstairs. 那幅畫在樓上的字畫店裡。
3. N-COUNT A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall. 廊臺(tái)
A crowd already filled the gallery. 一群人已經(jīng)擠滿了廊臺(tái)。
4. N-COUNT The gallery in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats. (劇場或音樂厛內(nèi)通常票價(jià)最低的) 頂層樓座
They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery. 他們被迫去找頂層樓座的廉價(jià)票。
5. PHRASE If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people. 嘩衆(zhòng)取寵
...but I must tell you that in my opinion you're both now playing to the gallery. …但是我必須告訴你們，在我看來你們倆現(xiàn)在都是在嘩衆(zhòng)取寵。

It was hot so we checked our coats before going round the gallery.
He frequently exhibits at the art gallery.
There's a new exhibition of sculpture on at the city gallery.
The curator guided us round the gallery, pointing out the most famous paintings in the collection .
We visited a few galleries while we were in Prague.