galleryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡæləɹi/; enPR: gălˈ -ə-rē
• ハイフネーション: gal‧le‧ry
• 韻: -æləɹi

名詞

gallery (plural galleries)

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.

   Hyponym: art gallery

   Coordinate term: museum

   In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.

   Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.

2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.

   Coordinate term: gallerist's

   Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's

   Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.

3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.

   Hyponym: peanut gallery

   We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.

4. (by extension, metonymically) The spectators at an event, collectively.

   Hyponym: peanut gallery

   The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.

5. (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.

   appealing to the gallery

   • 1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:

     Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
     Say he must go free

6. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.

   elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens

7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

   a gallery of image thumbnails

   a clip-art gallery in a word processor

8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.

   the galleries of the fort

9. (mining) A level or drive in a mine.

   the lower galleries

10. (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.

    the main gallery

    • 2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92:

      At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.

    • 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164:

      Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.

11. (television) The production control room.
12. A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.

    Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture

    Comeronyms: diffuser, shade, bulb, wiring

    opaline lights with brass galleries

13. A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.

    Holonym: monocle

    Comeronyms: ring, lens

    adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery

14. (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.

    beetle gallery

15. Ellipsis of gallery forest.

派生語

関連する語

• gallerist

動詞

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.

参照

Further reading

• “gallery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gallery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “gallery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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