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operating theatre

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hospital
ˈoperating ˌtheatre noun [countable] British English  MHa room in a hospital where operations are done 手术室 SYN American English operating room
Examples from the Corpus
operating theatreHis shaping room had the brightly lit intensity of an operating theatre, the mystery of a chemical laboratory.From the small gallery above the operating theatre the whole process was obscure, if sickeningly bloody, to the watching Cowley.You closed the door like a surgeon entering the operating theatre.Once again she was aware of the sounds in the operating theatre.The powerful surgeon in the operating theatre is powerless sitting in the dentists chair.At the hospital, a surgeon was called and the boy was taken immediately into the operating theatre.Spiralling leg fractures, cysts, ventricle failure also saw her whisked into the operating theatre.
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operating theatre
ˈoperating ˌtheatre noun [countable] British English
a room in a hospital where operations are done
   SYN  operating room American English


operating theatreBrE /ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ θɪətə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːpəreɪtɪŋ θiːətər/ 🔊 (also theatre) (both BrE) (NAmE ˈoperating room) nouna room in a hospital used for medical operations 手术室