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thespian

/thes-pee-uhn/US // ˈθɛs pi ən //UK // (ˈθɛspɪən) //

艺人,剧团,戏子,演员

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
    • : of or characteristic of Thespis.
    • : of or relating to Thespiae.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tragedian; an actor or actress.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • And both have some notable thespian overlaps (hey there, Michael Harney, Matt Peters, Natasha Lyonne, and Pablo Schreiber).

  • In the installation, the British thespian would sleep in a glass box in the museum with nothing but pillows and a water jug.

  • Brooding British thespian Henry Cavill (famous to Showtime fans of The Tudors) is on tap as the new Superman.

  • It is exactly the sort of film one could imagine the promising young thespian from Barefoot in the Park growing up to make.

  • In the video, Franco recites classic pick up lines in front of a mirror set to the sounds of some deeply thespian tunes.

  • "One is taken altogether too literally," he complained to his friends in the smoking-room of the Thespian Club.

  • It was quite exciting being ushered into a private office in the Thespian National Bank.

  • That she had lost a matter of six hundred and fifty dollars, deposited in the Thespian Bank, was nothing.

  • In 1812 a third dramatic society called the Thespian Society was organized among the young men and young women of Pittsburg.

  • The smile he gave me in reply would have made the fortune of a Thespian Mephistopheles.

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