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单词 offstage
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(ɒfsteɪdʒ, US ɔːf-) also off-stage
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, noun ADVERB]
When an actor or entertainer goes offstage, they go into the area behind or to the side of the stage, so that the audience no longersees them.
She ran offstage in tears.
There was a lot of noise offstage.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
In a theatre, offstage sounds are produced behind or to the side of the stage, so that the audience hears them but does not see them produced.
'It's almost one o'clock!' lamented the off-stage voice.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Offstage is used to describe the behaviour of actors or entertainers in real life, when they are not performing.
...the tragedies of their off-stage lives.
Offstage is also an adverb.
Despite their bitter screen rivalry, off-stage they are close friends.

offstage in British English

(ˈɒfˈsteɪdʒ)
adjective, adverb
out of the view of the audience; off the stage

offstage in American English

(ˈɔfˌsteɪdʒ)
noun
1. 
that part of a stage, as the wings, not visible to the audience
adjective
2. 
in or from the offstage
an offstage whisper
adverb
3. 
in or to the offstage
to go offstage
4. 
when not actually appearing before the public

Examples of 'offstage' in a sentence
offstage

And the ragged offstage chorus needed work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The real focus of activity is what happens offstage.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The vast orchestration includes an offstage brass band.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is a lot of noise offstage, thumping and hammering.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
His unearthly voice came from offstage, bringing news from somewhere it seemed only he could help us imagine.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
For much of the Mariinsky's rehearsals a significant part of the drama is happening offstage.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His erratic offstage behaviour, meanwhile, was proving as influential on the rock generation as his music.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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