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单词 matinee
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Definition of matinee in English:

matinee

noun ˈmatɪneɪˌmætnˈeɪ
  • An afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema.

    (剧院或电影院的)下午场,日场

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His many friends will be glad to learn that he is none the worse for his experience and was on the stage for the matinee this afternoon.
    • The matinee performance of The Taming of the Shrew has already sold out!
    • A number of shows will be performed at 8pm while matinees are also taking place at 2.30 pm.
    • Already three of the matinee performances have been sold-out so do check at the Opera House.
    • And it concludes with two sell-out matinees, on Saturday and Sunday next.
    • We're suddenly deep in John Wayne territory, and there is very little that we haven't seen in countless afternoon matinees and war movies from the 1950s.
    • It was a huge success and tickets sold out for each performance and also the Sunday matinee proved very popular.
    • Prices at morning and afternoon matinees will be 53 cents.
    • Its popularity in 1948 with both schoolchildren and adults saw the Blossom Street picture house bursting at the seams during matinees and evening performances for weeks on end.
    • The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full.
    • It was join in, or sit on a chair and shut up, whilst the rest of the world played football or went to the Saturday matinee at the local cinema.
    • She remembers as a child going to traditional Saturday matinees at her local cinema, and said: ‘It's something that has been missing.’
    • After afternoon matinees in the summer, my coworker and I would change to our bikinis and sunbathe on the roof of the theater.
    • As well as the evening performances there is a matinee on Saturday, at 2pm.
    • Sunday's performance is a matinee, so I want to go to bed as soon as I can and get as much rest as possible.
    • All of the children performed excellently, in view of the fact that they had already performed in a matinee at midday.
    • They are thinking of continuing their matinees at the theatre, and may have a supper at their grand opening, which is not yet set, although plans are to hold it somewhere near the end of April.
    • He was not at the manifesto matinee and missed the screen idol attention that would accompany it.
    • Local schools have again been quick to book for the two matinee performances.
    • The performances - matinees and evenings most days - will take place within the Tower's courtyards and its gardens near the main house.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French matinée, literally 'morning (as a period of activity)', from matin 'morning': performances were formerly also in the morning.

Definition of matinee in US English:

matinee

(also matinée)
nounˌmætnˈeɪˌmatnˈā
  • A performance in a theater or a showing of a movie that takes place in the daytime.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We're suddenly deep in John Wayne territory, and there is very little that we haven't seen in countless afternoon matinees and war movies from the 1950s.
    • She remembers as a child going to traditional Saturday matinees at her local cinema, and said: ‘It's something that has been missing.’
    • And it concludes with two sell-out matinees, on Saturday and Sunday next.
    • A number of shows will be performed at 8pm while matinees are also taking place at 2.30 pm.
    • The performances - matinees and evenings most days - will take place within the Tower's courtyards and its gardens near the main house.
    • Sunday's performance is a matinee, so I want to go to bed as soon as I can and get as much rest as possible.
    • The matinee performance of The Taming of the Shrew has already sold out!
    • They are thinking of continuing their matinees at the theatre, and may have a supper at their grand opening, which is not yet set, although plans are to hold it somewhere near the end of April.
    • As well as the evening performances there is a matinee on Saturday, at 2pm.
    • After afternoon matinees in the summer, my coworker and I would change to our bikinis and sunbathe on the roof of the theater.
    • It was a huge success and tickets sold out for each performance and also the Sunday matinee proved very popular.
    • His many friends will be glad to learn that he is none the worse for his experience and was on the stage for the matinee this afternoon.
    • All of the children performed excellently, in view of the fact that they had already performed in a matinee at midday.
    • Its popularity in 1948 with both schoolchildren and adults saw the Blossom Street picture house bursting at the seams during matinees and evening performances for weeks on end.
    • Prices at morning and afternoon matinees will be 53 cents.
    • He was not at the manifesto matinee and missed the screen idol attention that would accompany it.
    • Already three of the matinee performances have been sold-out so do check at the Opera House.
    • It was join in, or sit on a chair and shut up, whilst the rest of the world played football or went to the Saturday matinee at the local cinema.
    • Local schools have again been quick to book for the two matinee performances.
    • The matinee performance on Tuesday was sold out and people were turned away as all 253 seats were full.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French matinée, literally ‘morning (as a period of activity)’, from matin ‘morning’: performances were formerly also in the morning.

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