tiered seat

Thân thiện

The audience watches the play from the tiered seat.

Definition

Noun: - Seating arranged in sloping rows: A tiered seat is part of a seating arrangement where rows of seats are placed on ascending levels or steps. This design ensures that people sitting in the back rows can see over the heads of those sitting in front of them.

Usage

• This term is used to describe the physical seating structure itself, typically found in venues designed for viewing performances or events.
• It refers to the characteristic sloping, stepped layout, not to an individual chair.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Tiered seating": This is the more common phrase used to describe the overall arrangement or section of such seats.
  • The lecture theatre is equipped with tiered seating for 300 students.

Variants and Related Words

• Tiered seating (n): The overall arrangement or system of seats built on tiers.
• Bleachers (n): A type of inexpensive, often outdoor, tiered seating, typically made of benches.
• Grandstand (n): A large, usually roofed, stand with tiered seats for spectators at a sports ground.

Synonyms

• Raked seating: Seating that is sloped or inclined.
• Stadium seating: Seating arranged in tiers, common in modern cinemas and sports venues.

Antonyms

• Flat-floor seating: Seating arranged on a single, level surface.
• Banquet seating: Seating, often at tables, arranged on a flat floor.

Học thuật

Noun

1. seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front