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understudy

/uhn-der-stuhd-ee/US // ˈʌn dərˌstʌd i //UK // (ˈʌndəˌstʌdɪ) //

替身,替身演员,替补演员,替身者

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v.有主动词 verb
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    un·der·stud·ied, un·der·stud·y·ing.

    • : to learn in order to replace the regular actor or actress when necessary.
    • : to act as understudy to: to understudy the lead.
v.无主动词 verb
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    un·der·stud·ied, un·der·stud·y·ing.

    • : to act or work as an understudy.
n.名词 noun
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    plural un·der·stud·ies.

    • : a performer who learns the role of another in order to serve as a replacement if necessary.

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Examples

  • He made his Broadway debut in 1955, rising from extra to understudy for star Paul Muni in “Inherit the Wind.”

  • Two years later, a reporter asked Brees whether he would have been okay with Mahomes as his understudy.

  • When she became a candidate, she appeared to try to keep some distance from QAnon and its mythical leader Q, but she didn’t cast herself as an understudy to the Apostle Peter, either.

  • Some are now calling DSK's faux pas “a kiss of death” for Aubry as it makes her seem like no more than his understudy.

  • Since then the younger son, James, has stepped forward to understudy.

  • From Katie Holmes to Anne Hathaway, see our picks for her understudy.

  • He booked his first audition for understudy in the Tony-award-winning Thoroughly Modern Millie.

  • He was followed by an understudy, who made an ineffective effort to support his predecessor.

  • If Lilian were damaged somebody else could supply her place, but we havent any understudy for Lilians clothes!

  • And yet she's rather like Gipsy, just like enough to be a kind of pale copy—an understudy, in fact.

  • "It'll do—for an understudy," said Bertram softly, for Billy's ears alone.

  • He halted for a moment and then bawled out in a great voice, "Understudy!"