Tra từ audience - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also CINEMA, THEATRE
- a group of people who are watching and listening to a play, film or concert: audience (with singular or plural verb)
The audience was/were getting bored. ◎ a large and enthusiastic audience
- the part of a theatre, cinema, etc where the audience sit: auditorium
- in a theatre, cinema, etc, each member of the audience has a seat
Did you manage to get a good seat?
- a person who goes regularly to the theatre: theatregoer (AmE theatergoer)
- a person who goes regularly to the cinema: cinema-goer (AmE movie-goer)
- a person who goes regularly to concerts: concert-goer
- all the people who watch a television programme or listen to the radio: audience (with singular or plural verb)
He reached an audience of millions. ◎ Audience figures have been very high.
- a person who listens to the radio: listener
- a person who watches the television: viewer
※ more on television and radio TELEVISION/RADIO
- a person who watches sport: spectator
- all the people who watch a sports event, for example a football match: crowd (with singular or plural verb)
There was a crowd of ten thousand at last night's match.
- a large sports ground with rows of seats around it: stadium
- a part of the stadium where people sit and watch sport: stand
How much is a seat in the stands?
※ more on sport SPORT
※ liking or not liking a performance
- to hit your hands together to show that you like sth: clap (sb/sth), give* (sb/sth) a clap, applaud (sb/sth)
They clapped politely when he had finished speaking. ◎ The players were applauded as they left the field.
- the noise that people make when they clap: clapping (noun U), applause (noun U)
The applause went on for several minutes.
- a period of clapping: round of applause
There was another round of applause.
- when people shout during or after a performance to show that they like it, they cheer (sb/sth)
- the noise that people make when they cheer: cheer, cheering (noun U)
They gave her three cheers.
- when people make a loud noise to show that they do not like a performance, they boo (at) (sb/sth)
The speaker was booed.
- the noise that people make when they boo: boo, booing (noun U)
There were boos from the crowd when Barnes missed the goal. ◎ There was more booing than clapping at the end of the performance.
- when people make a long 's' sound to show that they do not like a performance, they hiss (at sb/sth)
- the noise that people make when they hiss: hiss, hissing (noun U)
The audience greeted the performers with boos and hisses.
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- to shout a critical comment or question at a person who is speaking or performing in public: heckle (sb); a person who does this: heckler
When the audience started heckling him, he knew he had lost their sympathy.