understudy

Related topics: Theatre

un·der·stud·y1 /ˈʌndəˌstʌdi $ -ər-/ noun (plural understudies) [countableC]

APTan actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill 候补演员，替角► see thesaurus at actor

Examples from the Corpus

understudy• Drew became less punctual, he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy.• In her place was her understudy, Miss Lisa Fennell, a young dancer usually seen in the chorus.• The role, after all, was written for the actress, considered so indispensable that she had no understudy.• Since the understudy was off with flu, there could be no show.• Désirée was Countess Maud, and here he was in such a short time, having to use the understudy again.• Couldn't go on with the performance even with the understudies because of the police coming in.• For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis.• In a company without understudies, this presented a problem, but the Ailey dancers were used to last-minute adjustments.

词汇	understudy
释义	understudy Related topics: Theatre un·der·stud·y1 /ˈʌndəˌstʌdi $ -ər-/ noun (plural understudies) [countableC] APTan actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill 候补演员，替角► see thesaurus at actor Examples from the Corpus understudy• Drew became less punctual, he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy.• In her place was her understudy, Miss Lisa Fennell, a young dancer usually seen in the chorus.• The role, after all, was written for the actress, considered so indispensable that she had no understudy.• Since the understudy was off with flu, there could be no show.• Désirée was Countess Maud, and here he was in such a short time, having to use the understudy again.• Couldn't go on with the performance even with the understudies because of the police coming in.• For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis.• In a company without understudies, this presented a problem, but the Ailey dancers were used to last-minute adjustments. Related topics: Theatre understudy2 verb (understudied, understudying, understudies) [transitiveT] APTto be an understudy for a particular actor in a play 当…的替角，做…的候补演员
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