gallery

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈɡæl.ɚ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
    — In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.
  2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
    — Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
  3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
    — We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
  4. The spectators at an event, collectively. broadly,metonymically
    — The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
  5. The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
    — appealing to the gallery
  6. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
    — elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
  7. A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    — a gallery of image thumbnails
  8. A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
    — the galleries of the fort
  9. A level or drive in a mine.
    — the lower galleries
  10. A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
    — the main gallery
  11. The production control room.
  12. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
    — Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
  13. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
    — Holonym: monocle
  14. The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
    — beetle gallery
  15. Ellipsis of gallery forest. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
动词 v.
  1. To show off. Trinidad-and-Tobago

词形变化

galleries plural galleries present,singular,third-person gallerying participle,present galleried participle,past galleried past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
词源 2
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
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