actor

noun

/ˈæktə(r)/

/ˈæktər/

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a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession
- Both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding.
- She is one of the country’s leading actors.
- a stage/film/movie actor
- a Hollywood actor
- The movie starred a bunch of relatively unknown young actors.
see also actress, character actor, method actor
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- actor
- cameraman
- cinema
- dialogue
- director
- dub
- film
- location
- scenario
- sound effect
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- actor
- audition
- body double
- cameo
- cast
- play
- role
- star
- stuntman
- understudy
Topics Film and theatrea1, Jobsa1
a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person
- I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor.
(formal) a participant in an action or process
- Employers are key actors within industrial relations.

Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent.

单词	actor
释义	actor noun /ˈæktə(r)/ /ˈæktər/ jump to other results a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession Both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding. She is one of the country’s leading actors. a stage/film/movie actor a Hollywood actor The movie starred a bunch of relatively unknown young actors. see also actress, character actor, method actor Wordfinder actor cameraman cinema dialogue director dub film location scenario sound effect Wordfinder actor audition body double cameo cast play role star stuntman understudy Topics Film and theatrea1, Jobsa1 a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor. (formal) a participant in an action or process Employers are key actors within industrial relations. Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent.
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