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In a theatre, when the houselights dim or go down, the lights where the audience sits are switched off. When thehouselights come up, the lights are switched on. (剧场)观众席的照明灯光
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Remember when you went to that Springsteen concert and it was three-fourths over and Bruce told them to throw the houselights on, and you looked around and there were thousands of Springsteen lunatics, sweaty and panting?