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词汇 dress-circle
释义 dress circle
noun[ Cusually singular ]
UKuk /ˈdres ˌsɜː.kəl/ us /ˈdres ˌsɝː.kəl/
the first level of seats above the main floor in a theatre(剧院的)二楼正座,楼厅前座
Compare
balcony(IN THEATRE)
See also
circlenoun
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Theatre auditorium & front-of-house
aisle
auditorium
balcony
booking office
box
box office
box seat
front
front-of-house
full house
gallery
god
house
house lights
mezzanine
mosh pit
out frontidiom
pit
stall
Examples from literature

His book is a repository of theatrical information, but the great part of it of more absorbing concern for the manager's-room or the stage-door than, say, the dress circle. 
Imagine it filled with people from foot-lights to the last row in the topmost gallery—orchestra, dress circle, and balconies—a huge uprising, semicircular bowl, lined with human beings. 
In those days the theatre had no stalls, so we sat in the front row of the dress circle, Tom having in his modesty refused a box. 
It was like a stage scene viewed from the dress circle. 
One bar is generally just opposite the entrance to the dress circle, an arrangement which is particularly annoying to ladies. 

Examples of dress circle


dress circle
The first level is usually called the dresscircle or grand circle.
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Farley ordered one last inspection of the dresscircle, but saw no activity.
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Such theatres would have a dresscircle and stalls, as well as bars and so on.
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Perhaps they liked looking at the ladies' tiaras in the dresscircle.
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We formed this little society, which was an extremely successful society, to fill the dresscircle and the stalls.
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Those in the second floor dresscircle had to contend with stairs.
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The six sheets show plans at basement, ground floor and dresscircle levels, a longitudinal cross-section, and external elevations.
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At the time the theatre opened in 1871, seating in the family circle cost fifty cents and the dresscircle cost a dollar.
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For many years, a third-row seat in the dresscircle was kept vacant in his honour.
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The remodelling during 1930 saw the creation of a new dresscircle.
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The building was unique in that it has a balcony overhanging the dresscircle.
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It included the addition of a dresscircle, increased stalls capacity, a 25ft deep stage and two dressing rooms under the stage.
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The projection equipment is housed in the former dresscircle bar.
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He fell to the dresscircle below, severely cutting himself on a chair, but he retained consciousness and was able to run to the door.
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The theatre was built to accommodate 800, seated in pit and stalls, balcony and a dresscircle.
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