| 单词 | noises off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnoises off d. Theatre. noises off: sound effects produced offstage. Also in singular and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [noun] > stage effect stage-effect1795 noises off1924 1924 H. A. Vachell Quinney's Adventures 46 As he did so, he heard what is called in stageland a ‘noise off’. ‘Put them in your pocket,’ commanded madame, in a hurried whisper. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder xi. 122 ‘And what..is Scotland Yard's part in the proceedings?’ ‘Noises off, Mr Ackroyd,’ replied Alleyn good-humouredly. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. v. 359 After some time had elapsed, there were ‘noises off’ from which those of us who remained concluded that the attention of the enemy was fully engaged elsewhere. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 161 We are simply noises off..down there in the villages. < as lemmas |
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