单词 | small part |
释义 | small partn.adj. A. n. A minor part or character in a play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > types of part or character underpart1679 persona muta1714 travesty1732 soubrette1753 old man1762 small part?1774 breeches-part1779 character part1811 fat1812 chambermaida1828 fool?1835 raisonneur1845 ingénue1848 villain of the piece1854 stock character1864 feeder1866 satirette1870 character role1871 travesty1887 thinking part1890 walk-on1902 cardboard cutout1906 bit1926 good guy1928 feed1929 bad guy1932 goody1934 walkthrough1935 narrator1941 cameo1950 black hat1959 ?1774 J. Cradock Village Mem. 96 They have an old man that can make a shift to whine out a small part, a roaring tyrant, and a d—m your blood lover. 1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats iv. i. 48 Drill the servants that I've given the small parts. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ Witch of Hills I. vii. 157 I only got small parts, and it's dreadful to have to go on with nothing to say. 1959 M. Summerton Small Wilderness i. 11 He got under the skin of the rôle and lived it... He was given a small part in the spring production. 2010 P. Daniels Class Actor i. 5 He..always seemed to have small parts in sitcoms. B. adj. (attributive). Designating an actor who performs a minor part in a play. ΚΠ 1884 Bell's Life in London 22 Nov. 5/4 Colonel Sedgemoor loves Lottie Fane, a small-part actress at a London theatre. 1904 E. B. Tweedie Behind Footlights xi. 204 Those in the rank of ‘principals’, or ‘small-part ladies’. 1982 P. Fitzgerald At Freddie's xv. 132 The small part actors were suffering from nerves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?1774 |
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