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词汇 understudying
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义 understudying
present participle ofunderstudy
understudy
verb[ T or I ]
uk /ˈʌn.dəˌstʌd.i/ us /ˈʌn.dɚˌstʌd.i/
to learn the lines of other actors in a play, so that you can replace them if necessary, for example if they are ill:
He understudied the title role in Broadway's "Tarzan".
Big roles are always given to big stars, so understudying is the only way in the beginning.
Compare
stand in
substitute for someone/something
He was with the national tour of "The Lion King", understudying the roles of Scar and Pumbaa.
She essentially understudies eleven characters in the musical.
Lisa Fennell, in addition to her role in the chorus, was to understudy Désirée.
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
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am-dram
amateur theater
appearance
blocking
camp it up
chew
debut
enact
improvise
offstage
portrayal
re-enact
recreation
rep
restage
stage business
stage fright
understudy
unperformable
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