gallery

/'gæləri/

Thân thiện

The art gallery displays paintings and sculptures from local artists.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A room or building for the display or sale of works of art: A place where paintings, sculptures, or other artworks are exhibited to the public.
   • A balcony or upper floor in a theater, church, or legislative hall: A raised area, often with inexpensive seating, for spectators or a specific group (e.g., a press gallery).
   • A covered walkway or corridor: A long, narrow passage, often along the side of a building and supported by columns.
   • A horizontal passage in a mine: A tunnel dug for access or extraction.
   • The spectators at a sporting event or in a theater: Used collectively to refer to the audience, especially in contexts like golf or tennis.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We visited the art gallery to see the new exhibition.
  • Our seats were in the upper gallery of the old theater.
  • The hotel featured a beautiful outdoor gallery overlooking the garden.
  • Miners worked in the narrow gallery deep underground.
  • The player's fantastic shot delighted the gallery.

Advanced Usage

• "to play to the gallery": To act in a way intended to win the approval of a general audience, often by appealing to popular but unsophisticated tastes.
  • The politician's simple slogans were just playing to the gallery.

Variants and Related Words

• Shooting gallery (n): A long, narrow room or facility used for target practice.
  • He went to the shooting gallery to practice his aim.

Synonyms

• Exhibition hall: A large room or building for displaying items.
• Balcony: An upper floor projecting over the main floor.
• Passageway: A corridor or path connecting one place to another.
• Audience: The assembled spectators or listeners at an event.

Related Phrases

• Press gallery: The area in a parliament or similar assembly reserved for journalists.
  • The reporter watched the debate from the press gallery.

Related Idioms

• Rogues' gallery: A collection of photographs of known criminals, or by extension, any group of people perceived as disreputable.
  • The article featured a rogues' gallery of corrupt officials.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
   • they dug a drift parallel with the vein
2. narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
3. a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
4. a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
   • shooting gallery
5. a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
6. a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
7. spectators at a golf or tennis match

Từ đồng nghĩa

• drift
• heading
• art gallery
• picture gallery
• veranda
• verandah