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figurante

/fig-yuh-rant, -rahnt; French fee-gy-rahnt/US // ˌfɪg yəˈrænt, -ˈrɑnt; French fi güˈrɑ̃t //

形象代言人,形象化,形象大使,形象化的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ballerina who does not perform solo.
    • : a female performer with no spoken lines.

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Examples

  • Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.

  • The young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.

  • The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task before she can shine in it.

  • The young figurante frequently stretched out her arms and knelt down as if to invoke some invisible being.

  • The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.