名詞 gallery:

1. spectators at a golf or tennis match
2. a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
   同義詞：veranda, verandah
3. a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
   同義詞：art gallery, picture gallery
4. a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
5. a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
6. narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
   同義詞：drift, heading

1. The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.
   這個(gè)畫廊是中世紀(jì)藝術(shù)的寶庫。
2. Her paintings are being shown (ie exhibited) at a gallery in London.
   她的畫正在倫敦的一個(gè)美術(shù)館里展出。
3. A fire in the gallery caused the premature closing of the exhibition.
   在美術(shù)陳列室里發(fā)生的火災(zāi)迫使展覽會提前結(jié)束。
4. The town boasts a world-famous art gallery.
   這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)子引以為榮的是有個(gè)聞名於世的美術(shù)館。
5. She loaned her collection of paintings to the gallery.
   她把自己收藏的畫借給了美術(shù)館。
6. Her collection of paintings was bequeathed to the National Gallery when she died.
   她去世時(shí)，她的全部藏畫都遺贈給了國家美術(shù)館。
7. His pictures were showed in the gallery.
   他的畫在畫廊展出。

gal.ler.y

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 gal.ler.ies
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
游廊，柱廊：有覆蓋物的散步場所，尤指從建筑物側(cè)墻延伸出去的由拱和柱在外側(cè)支持的廊
A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
走廊，長廊：長的封閉過道，例如走廊或回廊

A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
陽臺，眺望臺：窄的陽臺，通常在建筑物的外側(cè)有欄桿或扶手
A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, especially a church, generally marked by a colonnade or an arcade.
頂層通道：在建筑物（尤其是教堂）的內(nèi)部或外部凸出或凹進(jìn)的頂層通道，一般是柱廊或拱廊
Lower Southern U.S. See veranda
【美國南端】 參見 veranda

An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
邊座，樓座：劇院或大禮堂中為了增加座席，而從后面或側(cè)墻突出的具有傾斜地板的上面部分
The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
邊座座位，樓座座位：上述邊座的座位，通常比正座的票價(jià)低
The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
頂層樓座：劇院中最便宜的座席，尤指最高層樓座
The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
樓座的觀眾，低票價(jià)座的觀眾
A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
大批觀眾：網(wǎng)球或高爾夫球比賽時(shí)許多的觀眾或成群的觀眾
The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication:
群眾平民，社會大眾：一般的公眾，通常缺乏辨別力和老練程度：
例句：
accused the administration of playing to the gallery on the defense issue.
指控行政機(jī)關(guān)在國防議題中嘩眾取寵

A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
展覽館，畫廊：展覽藝術(shù)品專用的建筑物、機(jī)構(gòu)或房間
An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
藝術(shù)品展示處，拍賣行：展覽和售賣藝術(shù)品的機(jī)構(gòu)或組織
A photographer`s studio.
攝影師的工作室
A collection; an assortment:
收集；聚集：
例句：
The trial featured a gallery of famous and flamboyant witnesses.
這次審判的特色是有一批聲名顯赫的證人

An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
隧道，地道：地下隧道或通道，如在洞穴內(nèi)的或?yàn)檐娪?、采礦而挖掘的地道
A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
地下通道：昆蟲或動物挖的通道
Nautical A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.
【航海】 船尾了望臺：一些早期船的尾部或尾舷上的平臺或陽臺
A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.
邊緣裝飾：在桌子頂部、托盤或書架邊緣處的直立的裝飾品或造型

來源：
Middle English galerie
中古英語 galerie
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Old North French galilee [galilee] * see galilee
源自 古法國北方方言 galilee [加利利] *參見 galilee

【引伸】
gal.leried
adj.（形容詞）
<注釋>In Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and southern Alabama,an open roofed porch that runs along at least one side of a house is called agallery: .Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt`s Sunday clothes to air. (Kate Chopin).Craig M. Carver, the author ofAmerican Regional Dialects, points out that the word gallery, from Old French galerie, was borrowed into British English in the 5th century and was brought over to the American colonies by English-speaking settlers.Although the word in the sense .porch. did not survive in the American English of the East Coast,it was borrowed separately, probably from Acadian French,into the English of 8th-century Louisianaand there survived as part of the Gulf Southern dialect.
在得克薩斯州、阿肯色州、路易斯安那州、密西西比和南部阿拉巴馬，至少在房屋的一側(cè)延伸出來的一種敞開屋頂?shù)拈T廊被稱作gallery： .出了前面的小門廊，她把博比內(nèi)的最好的衣服晾在那里. （凱特·肖邦）。美國區(qū)域方言 的作者克雷格·M·卡弗爾指出 gallery 來源于古代法語 galerie ， 在5世紀(jì)借入英語并由講英語的殖民者帶入美國殖民地。雖然該詞當(dāng)作.門廊.的意義沒有在東海岸的美式英語中保存下來，但是它很有可能被分開借自阿卡迪亞的法語，并在8世紀(jì)進(jìn)入路易斯安那英語，并在那里保存下來而成為南部港口方言的一部分