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考研英语外刊阅读 · 公众号 · · 2020-11-07 18:47

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auditorium

英 [ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm] 美 [ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm]

英汉释义

n. 礼堂，会堂；观众席

[ 复数 auditoriums或auditoria ]

英英释义

1. N-COUNT An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits. 观众席

例：

Anderson was to sing at the Constitution Hall auditorium.

安德森将要在宪法厅的观众席演唱。

2. N-COUNT An auditorium is a large room, hall, or building that is used for events such as meetings and concerts. 礼堂 [美国英语]

例：

...a high school auditorium.

…一所中学的礼堂。

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词根词缀

1.词根：-aud-, -audi-

【词根含义】：听

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词audio, audire, audivi, auditus(听)。

【同源单词】：audible, audit, audition, auditor, auditorium

2.词根词缀：audio-, aud-, audi-, audit-

【来源及含义】Latin: hearing, listening, perception of sounds

【相关词根词缀】 Related "hear, hearing; listen, listening" units: acous-; ausculto-.

【同源单词】Audi alteram partem, audibility, audible, audibleness, audibly, audiclave

3.词根词缀：-orium, -oria, -ory

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something

【同源单词】amatory, ambagitory, ambulatory, armory, auditorium, balneatory

词源记忆

【英语词源】：

1727, from Latin auditorium "lecture room," literally "place where something is heard," neuter of auditorius (adj.) "of or for hearing," from auditus, past participle of audire "to hear" (see audience); also see -ory. Earlier in the same sense was auditory (late 14c.).