首页英语词典understudyunderstudy的意思

understudy怎么读？

understudy

英 ['ʌndəstʌdɪ] 美

英英释义实用场景例句

n. 候补演员；替工
vt. 练习代演；当…的替手；实地演习
vi. 学当替工

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词态变化

复数: understudies;第三人称单数: understudies;过去式: understudied;过去分词: understudied;现在分词: understudying;

中文词源

understudy 替补演员

under-, 在下面，study,学习，用于指替补演员。

英文词源

understudy (v.): also under-study, 1852, in the theatrical sense "memorize a part so as to be capable of performing on short notice it in the absence of the one to which it is assigned," from under + study (v.). The noun is attested from 1848, translating Italian supplimento.

双语例句

1. The leading player is ill. Let his understudy to appear on the scene.: 主角演员病了, 让他的替角出场.

2. He was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the USA.: 他是查理·卓别麟美国巡演期间的替角儿。

3. The understudy was substituted when the leading actor fell ill.: 主角演员患病,由替角代替演出.

4. The understudy is substituted when the leading actor falls ill.: “主角演员患病,由替角代替演出”.

5. When the star became sick, his understudy stepped into his part.: 当这位电影明星生病时, 由他的候补演员担任他的角色.