English Dictionary

amphitheatre

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæmfɪˌθiːətə/

名詞

An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.

日本語の意味

屋外に設けられた劇場、もしくは円形・半円形の形式を持つ劇場。 / 古代ギリシャやローマ時代の建築様式に見られる、観客席が円形または半円形に配置された屋外劇場。 / 現代においても、古典的なデザインを模した屋外の劇場施設を指す場合がある。

We climbed the hill at dawn to watch the sunrise spill across the abandoned amphitheatre.

私たちは夜明けに丘を登り、廃墟となった円形劇場に朝日が差し込むのを見た。

意味（1）

An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.

Ancient Roman amphitheatres were mostly oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.

意味（2）

(geology) A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope a particular rock formation forms a partial or compete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.

The difference between the approach to Baylen from the west and from the east, is that on the former side the traveller reaches the town through a semicircular amphitheatre of upland, while by the latter he comes up a V-shaped valley ...

amphitheatres （ plural ）