hippodrome
/ˈhɪpədrəʊm/noun
1
- as name a theatre or concert hall剧院, 音乐厅：
the Birmingham Hippodrome.
伯明翰剧院。
2
- (in ancient Greece or Rome) a course for chariot or horse races（古希腊, 古罗马）战车比赛场, 赛马场。
词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from French, via Latin from Greek hippodromos, from hippos 'horse' + dromos 'race, course'. The early sense led to the term's use as a grandiose name for a modern circus, later applied to other places of popular entertainment （sense 1, late 19th cent.）.