Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gallery
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Gallery
gallery
~ n 1 a) a large building where people can see famous pieces of art (an exhibition of African art at the Hayward Gallery) b) a small privately owned shop or studio (3) where you can see and buy pieces of art 2 a) an upper floor or balcony built out from an inner wall of a hall, theatre, or church, from which people can watch a performance, debate1 etc (the public gallery in Congress) b) the gallery the people sitting in a gallery 3 play to the gallery to do or say something just because you think it will please people and make you popular 4 a level passage under the ground in a mine or cave1 (- see also press gallery, shooting gallery)
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(galleries) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it. ...an art gallery. ...the National Gallery. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. A gallery is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art. The painting is in the gallery upstairs. N-COUNT 3. A gallery is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall. A crowd already filled the gallery. N-COUNT 4. The gallery in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats. They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery. N-COUNT: usu the N in sing • If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people. ...but I must tell you that in my opinion you’re both now playing to the gallery. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -leries) Etymology: Middle English galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably alteration of galilaea galilee Date: 15th century 1. a. a roofed promenade ; colonnade b. corridor 1 2. a. an outdoor balcony b. Southern & Midland porch, veranda c. a platform at the quarters or stern of a ship 3. a. a long and narrow passage, apartment, or corridor b. a subterranean passageway in a cave or military mining system; also a working drift or level in mining c. an underground passage made by a mole or ant or a passage made in wood by an insect (as a beetle) 4. a. a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art b. an institution or business exhibiting or dealing in works of art c. collection, aggregation the rich ~ of characters in this novel — H. S. Canby 5. a. a structure projecting from one or more interior walls (as of an auditorium or church) to accommodate additional people; especially the highest balcony in a theater commonly having the cheapest seats b. the part of a theater audience seated in the top ~ c. the undiscriminating general public d. the spectators at a sporting event (as a tennis or golf match) 6. a small ornamental barrier or railing (as along the edge of a table or shelf) 7. a photographer's studio • galleried adjective • ~ite noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a room or building for showing works of art. 2 a balcony, esp. a platform projecting from the inner wall of a church, hall, etc., providing extra room for spectators etc. or reserved for musicians etc. (minstrels' gallery). 3 a the highest balcony in a theatre. b its occupants. 4 a a covered space for walking in, partly open at the side; a portico or colonnade. b a long narrow passage in the thickness of a wall or supported on corbels, open towards the interior of the building. 5 a long narrow room, passage, or corridor. 6 Mil. & Mining a horizontal underground passage. 7 a group of spectators at a golf-match etc. Phrases and idioms play to the gallery seek to win approval by appealing to popular taste. Derivatives galleried adj. Etymology: F galerie f. It. galleria f. med.L galeria ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) галерея 2) архит. колоннада, портик 3) горн. штрек; горизонтальная выработка 4) гидр. штольня; туннель 5) потерна (в плотине) 6) подземный резервуар; подземный бассейн 7) помост, площадка (для обслуживания оборудования) 8) фотостудия 9) видеорежиссёрская аппаратная gallery for pipes and mains — 1. потерна 2. кабельный трубопроводный канал - bench gallery - blind gallery - collection gallery - conveyor gallery - development gallery - drainage gallery - flushing gallery - foundation gallery - gate gallery - grouting gallery - grout gallery - headrace surge gallery - inspection gallery - mirror gallery - oil gallery - producer's gallery - sediment intercepting gallery - tailrace surge gallery - trestle gallery - utility gallery - valve gallery - whispering gallery ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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галерея дренажная галерея; гидротехнический тоннель, штольня, потерна крытая аркада; колоннада; портик; коридор с оконными проёмами смотровая платформа балкон (в театре или снаружи здания) avalanche gallery bypass gallery catch gallery collecting gallery diversion gallery escape gallery filter gallery flushing gallery free-flow gallery grouting gallery infiltration gallery inspection gallery picture gallery pressurized gallery scouring gallery sediment diverting gallery tailwater gallery utility gallery ventilation gallery water gallery water diversion gallery water-intake gallery ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) галерея 2) галерный 3) тир 4) хоры 5) штольневый 6) штольня sinter conveyer gallery — галерея подачи агломерата - conveyer gallery - inspection gallery - irrigation gallery - oil gallery ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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ход, проточенный насекомым – egg gallery – forked gallery – larval gallery – mother gallery – stellate gallery ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. галерея picture gallery —- картинная галерея 2. крытый тир 3. галерея, портик, балкон railed gallery —- галерея с балюстрадой 4. театр. балкон, галерея, галерка 5. галерка, посетители галерки to play to the gallery —- играть, подлаживаясь под вкусы галерки 6. искать дешевой популярности; разводить демагогию 7. хоры gallery for the press —- места для представителей прессы (в помещении парламента, сената) public gallery —- места для публики (в ООН и т. п.) 8. горн. штрек, штольня, горизонт 9. тех. траншея (для кабеля и т. п.); канал (смазочный) 10. мор. кормовой балкон ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) галерея 2) галерка; публика на галерке to play to the gallery - играть, рассчитывая на дешевый эффект; искать дешевой популярности 3) картинная галерея 4) хоры 5) портик, балкон 6) mining штрек, штольня ...Англо-русский словарь
Английский словарь американских идиом
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. galerie "a long portico," from M.L. galeria, of uncertain origin, perhaps alteration of galilea "church porch," probably from L. Galilaea "Galilee," the northernmost region of Palestine; church porches so called from being at the far end of the church. Sense of "building to house art" first recorded 1591; that of "people who occupy a (theater) gallery" (contrasted with "gentlemen of the pit") first by Lovelace, 1649, hence to play to the gallery. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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