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byplay

/bahy-pley/US // ˈbaɪˌpleɪ //

角色扮演,旁白,戏曲,旁观者清

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an action or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, especially on the stage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indeed

Examples

  • A 'byplay' bearing the same name follows an elegy upon the death of an only son.

  • Husband and wife "took turns" from the single cup; there was gayety and byplay.

  • Miss Gerald noticed this sentimental little byplay, but what Bob did was, of course, of no moment to her.

  • It was pardonable in him not to have suspected earlier that there was some byplay of talk to whose meaning he was not privy.

  • When this little byplay was over, they proceeded gravely to consider the matter before them.