Word · Frequency #22355
playhouse
剧院；剧场
A venue for performing plays; a theater.
- 1.
A venue for performing plays.
表演戏剧的场所
表演戏剧的场所；剧场；儿童之家；玩具房
In use
The children spent the whole afternoon playing in their wooden playhouse in the backyard.
We bought a colorful plastic playhouse for our daughter's birthday.
The old playhouse in the park was repainted and now looks like a tiny cottage.
be called [Name] Playhouse
Playhouse 用在剧院专名中通常首字母大写，如 the Woodside Playhouse；普通用法中则小写。
Their local theatre is called the Woodside Playhouse.
他们当地的剧院叫伍德赛德剧院。
at the playhouse
表示地点时常用 at the playhouse；若要强调在建筑内部，也可用 in the playhouse。
She met her friends at the playhouse before the show.
演出前，她在剧院和朋友们碰面。
a playhouse that [relative clause]
playhouse 后可直接跟 that 引导的定语从句，补充说明该剧院的用途或特点。
It is a playhouse that hosts touring performances.
这是一座承办巡回演出的剧院。
convert [place] into a playhouse
需要表达‘将某处改建成剧院’时，可用 convert [地方] into a playhouse；也常用被动形式 be converted into a playhouse。
They converted an old warehouse into a playhouse.
他们把一座旧仓库改造成了剧院。
Common mistakes
I went to playhouse last night to watch a play.I went to the playhouse last night to watch a play.
英语中可数名词单数不能裸用，前面需要加限定词（如 the 或 a）。中文没有冠词，所以易漏掉；这里特指某个剧院，应用定冠词 the。
The actors performed on the playhouse.The actors performed at the playhouse.
表示在某个场所（剧院）演出或观看，介词用 at；on 表示在物体表面上，用在 playhouse 上会错误地理解为“在房子顶上”。
There are two playhouse in this district.There are two playhouses in this district.
playhouse 是可数名词，复数形式为 playhouses。中文名词没有复数变化，因此学习者易漏掉词尾 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- community playhouse
- 社区剧院
- The community playhouse stages three shows every summer.这家社区剧院每年夏天上演三部剧。
- historic playhouse
- 历史悠久的剧院
- The historic playhouse has been operating since 1912.这座历史悠久的剧院自1912年起一直营业。
- local playhouse
- 当地剧院
- She got her first acting job at the local playhouse.她在当地剧院得到了第一份表演工作。
- summer playhouse
- 夏季剧院
- He spent the summer working at a summer playhouse in Maine.他在缅因州的一家夏季剧院工作了一个夏天。
- repertory playhouse
- 保留剧目剧院
- The repertory playhouse changes its bill every week.这家保留剧目剧院每周更换剧目。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 playhouse 拆成 play（表演）+ house（房子）：一栋用来演戏的房子，就是剧院。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：历史与建筑介绍、剧院专有名称、正式评论或文学描写 作“剧场”讲时，playhouse 多用于正式书面语、历史叙述或剧院名称中；日常口语通常更常说 theater。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为playhouses
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 playhouse 词尾的 /haʊs/ 押韵，拼写上也包含 -house 或 -ouse。注意 playground、playful 虽然以 play- 开头，但发音与 -house 无关，切勿混淆。
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, WORDNET.