| 单词 | acting play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacting play a. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or suitable for dramatic performance’, spec. ‘having good dramatic qualities’ (cf. act v. 3d). Frequently in acting play, acting school. ΚΠ 1709 in F. D. Senior Life & Times Colley Cibber (1928) 161 So acted, during that time, in all 135 days, which is 22 weeks and three days, accounting six acting days to a week. 1730 H. Fielding Author's Farce 17 A play which will do on the stage, will not always do for us; there are your acting plays, and your reading plays. 1768 D. Garrick Let. 26 Mar. (1831) I. 295 Also five copies of all the acting plays and farces half-bound. 1827 J. Boaden Mem. Mrs. Siddons II. 244 The Cleopatra of Dryden..did not range among her acting parts. 1854 A. C. Mowatt Autobiogr. Actress 203 I designed the play wholly as an acting comedy. 1898 L. Merrick Actor-Manager 234 It was a finer acting-scene for Blanche than for himself. 1901 C. Morris Life on Stage 142 It was an excellent acting part, very sweet and tenderly pathetic in the first act. 1937 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 28 Jan. 5/4 The cat's acting ability is amazing. It leaps into Gable's lap when he sits down and cuddles up to his neck trying to lick his chin. 1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 73/2 I know how to play off people, in acting school you learn. 1996 Company Dec. 6/3 She's picked up so many prime acting parts in the past couple of years, she'll never have to totter down the runway again. < as lemmas |
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