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music hall

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈmusic hall noun British English  1. [uncountable]APT a type of entertainment in the theatre in the 19th and early 20th centuries consisting of performances by singers, dancers, and people telling jokes 综艺表演,歌舞杂耍表演〔19世纪和20世纪初的一种剧院表演,包括唱歌、跳舞和讲笑话〕 SYN vaudeville2. [countable]APT a theatre used for music hall shows 综艺剧场,歌舞杂耍剧院
Examples from the Corpus
music hallIt must be a music hall comedian's dream.The service areas, with their awful tea and rubber sandwiches, had become a music hall joke.Jack Firebrace told a series of jokes in the style of a music hall comic.So far only men entertainers have been allowed - music hall acts and that sort of thing.Outside the stately music hall, two-story white pillars are quietly rotting away.At least 33 shows have been cancelled and the music hall will be boarded up for good within three months, Palladium officials said.It is a play which, again, has not entirely abandoned the traditions of the music hall.
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music hall
ˈmusic hall noun British English
1. [uncountable] a type of entertainment in the theatre in the 19th and early 20th centuries consisting of performances by singers, dancers, and people telling jokes
   SYN  vaudeville
2. [countable] a theatre used for music hall shows


music hallBrE /ˈmjuːzɪk hɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmjuːzɪk hɔːl/ 🔊 noun (BrE) (also vaude·ville NAmE, BrE ) [uncountable] a type of entertainment popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including singing, dancing and comedy (盛行于 19 世纪末 20 世纪初的)歌舞杂耍表演 (NAmE ˈvaudeville theater) [countable] a theatre used for popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 歌舞杂耍戏院