understudy

noun
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdi/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdi/
(plural understudies)
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  1. understudy (to somebody) an actor who learns the part of another actor in a play so that they can play that part if necessary候补演员;替角
    • She worked as an understudy to Elaine Page.她担任了伊莲•佩姬的候补演员。
    Topics Film and theatrec2

understudy

verb
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdi/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdi/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they understudy
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdi/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdi/
he / she / it understudies
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdiz/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdiz/
past simple understudied
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdid/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdid/
past participle understudied
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdid/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdid/
-ing form understudying
🔊/ˈʌndəstʌdiɪŋ/
🔊/ˈʌndərstʌdiɪŋ/
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  1. understudy somebody/something to learn a part in a play as an understudy; to act as an understudy to somebody排练当候补演员;做替角
    • She once understudied Marilyn Monroe.她曾经研究过玛丽莲·梦露。
    • He once understudied Laurence Olivier as Malvolio.他曾经把劳伦斯·奥利维尔研究过马尔沃里奥。