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fleapit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++flea·pit /ˈfliːˌpɪt/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  TBBDIRTYa cheap dirty cinema or theatre – used humorously 蚤窝〔指肮脏的廉价电影院或剧院,幽默用法〕
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fleapitHe is wincing in a 1940s fleapit auditorium where they are showing a crass adaptation of one of his books.Went to work in the Regal, some movie palace, a right fleapit.I recall when Nancy Leadbetter and I stayed in a terrible fleapit of a room in Siena.
flea·pit nounChineseSyllable
cheap dirty or theatre used cinema Corpus a


fleapit
fleapit /ˈfliːˌpɪt/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
a cheap dirty cinema or theatre – used humorously


flea·pitBrE /ˈfliːpɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfliːpɪt/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) an old and dirty cinema or theatre 破旧肮脏的电影院(或剧院)