gallery

• n. 畫廊；走廊；旁聽席；地道
• vt. 在…修建走廊；在…挖地道
• vi. 挖地道
• n. (Gallery)人名；(英)加勒裏

來自拉丁語Galilaea, 現巴勒斯坦地名Galilee，原指位於Galilee的教堂門廊，走廊。

gallery

gallery: [15] The original meaning of gallery in English was ‘long roofed walk way along the wall of a building’; the present sense ‘room or building for the exhibition of paintings, sculpture, etc’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century. English borrowed the word from Old French galerie ‘portico’, which came via Italian galleria from medieval Latin galeria. This may have been an alteration of galilea (source of English galilee [16], as in galilee chapel), thought to have been applied to a porch or chapel at the far or western end of a church in allusion to the position of Galilee as the province of Palestine most distant from Jerusalem.

gallery (n.)

mid-15c., "covered walk or passageway, narrow and partly open passageway along a wall," from Old French galerie "a long portico" (14c.), from Medieval Latin galeria, of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of galilea "church porch," which is probably from Latin Galilaea "Galilee," the northernmost region of Palestine (see Galilee); church porches sometimes were so called, perhaps from being at the far end of the church:

Super altare Beatæ Mariæ in occidentali porte ejusdem ecclesiæ quæ Galilæ a vocatur. [c.1186 charter in "Durham Cathedral"]

Sense of "building to house art" first recorded 1590s. In reference to theaters, of the section with the highest, cheapest seats; hence "people who occupy a (theater) gallery" (contrasted with "gentlemen of the pit") first by Lovelace, 1640s, hence to play to the gallery (1867).

1. Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.

勞拉在一家時尚畫廊找到了份美差。

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2. Today his picture goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery.

今天他的畫作在國家肖像美術館展出。

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3. He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea.

他開始在畫廊做掃地沏茶的工作。

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4. They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.

他們不得已買了頂層樓座的廉價票。

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5. Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.

不遠處就是市美術館。

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