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单词 thesp
释义

thesp in British English

(θɛsp)
noun
slang
an actor
Word origin
C20: short for Thespian
 

actor in British English

(ˈæktə)
noun
1. 
a person who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc
2.  informal
a person who puts on a false manner in order to deceive others (often in the phrase bad actor)
▶ USAGE The term actor is now almost universally used to refer to people of any gender who act

Examples of 'thesp' in a sentence
thesp

Twice last week he broke off mid-bulletin to exercise his inner thesp.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The august American thesp starred in an early silent movie version.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is masterfully understated, for a thesp.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The thesp has certainly had an impressive track record over the years.
The Sun (2010)
Nor does he manage to hint that this thesp could have been a serious contender in the classical stakes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He also represented that rarest of species, a thesp with 100 per cent job security.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's cheap - how much can a thesp, however glittering, charge for a bit of reading?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now she is missing being a thesp so has taken on an agent and has been reading scripts.
The Sun (2010)
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