Word · Frequency #14417
auditorium
观众席；听众席
the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
- 1.
A large room for public meetings or performances.
用于公共集会或演出的大型厅堂
- 2.
the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
剧院或音乐厅中观众坐的区域
- 3.
The space where the audience is located in a theater, etc.
剧院等中观众所在的区域
用于公共集会或演出的大型厅堂；剧院或音乐厅中观众坐的区域；剧院等中观众所在的区域；听众席；礼堂；[医] 大讲堂
In use
The play hasn't started yet, but the auditorium is already full of people.
We found our seats at the back of the auditorium so we could see the whole stage.
More than five hundred chairs were set up in the school auditorium for the graduation ceremony.
in the auditorium
表示“在礼堂内”时，通常用介词 in。
There is a piano in the auditorium.
礼堂里有一架钢琴。
the auditorium seats [number]
说明容量时，主语用地点名词，谓语用 seat。
The auditorium seats 1,000 people.
这个礼堂能坐1000人。
a/the auditorium with [noun phrase]
with 短语作后置定语，修饰 auditorium，表示特征或所属。
Connections
Collocations
- in the auditorium
- 在礼堂里
- Please turn off your phones in the auditorium.请在礼堂内关闭手机。
- packed auditorium
- 座无虚席的礼堂
- The concert was held in a packed auditorium.音乐会在座无虚席的礼堂举行。
- fill the auditorium
- 坐满礼堂
- Fans filled the auditorium to hear the speaker.粉丝们坐满了礼堂来听演讲。
- school auditorium
- 学校礼堂
- The school auditorium is used for assemblies and plays.学校礼堂用于集会和演出。
- auditorium capacity
- 礼堂容量
- The auditorium capacity is 1,200 people.这个礼堂可容纳1200人。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
audio（听）+orium（场所）：能听演讲、看演出的地方，就是 auditorium 礼堂的听众席。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：theater、concert hall 该词通常为中性用法，多出现在剧院、音乐厅等正式场所的描述中；口语中泛指大型厅堂时也常见，但严谨来说多指观众席区域。
Grammar Note
复数形式 auditoriums 或 auditoria 均正确。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words moratorium, sanatorium, and crematorium rhyme with auditorium: after the first unstressed syllable(s), the stressed vowel is /ɔ/ and the ending is /-tɔriəm/. Beware of lookalikes such as planetarium (/ˌplænɪˈtɛriəm/) and aquarium (/əˈkwɛriəm/), which end in /-ɛriəm/ and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.