| 单词 | onstage |
| 释义 | onstage (once / 3237 pages) advadj When you do something onstage, you do it in front of an audience. Onstage tap dancing can be exhilarating to watch if the dancers are good, or embarrassing if they're not. An onstage mistake, like a forgotten line or a dropped prop, can sometimes be concealed by quick-thinking actors. Your role in the school play might turn out not to have any lines at all, but to involve your character lurking around onstage looking mysterious. The opposite of onstage is offstage, meaning things that occur where the audience can't see them. WORD FAMILYonstage USAGE EXAMPLESThe day I arrived in Bamako, Toumani was playing in a club, and he invited me to play onstage. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) He seems to treat the audience and other characters onstage with the same frank good manners. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Is it a tragedy or a triumph for you that Baker gets back onstage? Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adv on the stage it was time for her to go onstage Ant offstage behind the scenes; not on stage 2adj situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience Ant offstage situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience |
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