英语词汇“to double a part”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. to double a part: to act as the double of or substitute for (another player); to play two parts in the same piece; also figurative. Also absol., to play two parts. In extended use, to become or act as a double agent (cf. double agent n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1 and double n. 3n).

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to double a part1800

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 33 When she attempted to double the part of her mother, she..failed in playing the great or the agreeable lady.

1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xli. 60 Laforêt who (as the French express it), doubles Lainez, that is, performs the same characters in his absence.

1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 319 Spenser made all his characters double their parts.

1894 Times 6 Mar. 4/3 Miss Rosa Green ‘doubled the parts’ of Martha and Siebel.

1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made v. 124 A young man, doubling for a leading lady in a bit of hazardous fire jumping.

1928 Sunday Express 8 Apr. 4/5 Picturegoers should look out for the portions of the film in which Miss Thorndike was ‘doubled’ by other actresses.

1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage ii. 24 The various Scottish thanes have to double and treble—soldiers, murderers, messengers, and apparitions.

1949 G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches vii. 39 The appointment of art critic to The World, which Archer was for the moment doubling with his regular function of dramatic critic, was transferred to me.

1959 Times 8 June 13/3 The umbrella, which can double as a sunshade.

1962 Listener 8 Mar. 253/1 His adventures at a small German court are ‘doubled’ and interwoven with the autobiography of a professor's cat.

1965 R. Segal Crisis of India iv. 204 Travelling traders, who frequently doubled as money-lenders and so could dictate terms to their debtors.

1968 ‘B. Mather’ Springers xv. 160 I was already in a Red cell. I doubled for the Russians right from the beginning.

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释义	> as lemmas to double a part e. to double a part: to act as the double of or substitute for (another player); to play two parts in the same piece; also figurative. Also absol., to play two parts. In extended use, to become or act as a double agent (cf. double agent n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1 and double n. 3n). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > double a part to double a part1800 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 33 When she attempted to double the part of her mother, she..failed in playing the great or the agreeable lady. 1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xli. 60 Laforêt who (as the French express it), doubles Lainez, that is, performs the same characters in his absence. 1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 319 Spenser made all his characters double their parts. 1894 Times 6 Mar. 4/3 Miss Rosa Green ‘doubled the parts’ of Martha and Siebel. 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made v. 124 A young man, doubling for a leading lady in a bit of hazardous fire jumping. 1928 Sunday Express 8 Apr. 4/5 Picturegoers should look out for the portions of the film in which Miss Thorndike was ‘doubled’ by other actresses. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage ii. 24 The various Scottish thanes have to double and treble—soldiers, murderers, messengers, and apparitions. 1949 G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches vii. 39 The appointment of art critic to The World, which Archer was for the moment doubling with his regular function of dramatic critic, was transferred to me. 1959 Times 8 June 13/3 The umbrella, which can double as a sunshade. 1962 Listener 8 Mar. 253/1 His adventures at a small German court are ‘doubled’ and interwoven with the autobiography of a professor's cat. 1965 R. Segal Crisis of India iv. 204 Travelling traders, who frequently doubled as money-lenders and so could dictate terms to their debtors. 1968 ‘B. Mather’ Springers xv. 160 I was already in a Red cell. I doubled for the Russians right from the beginning. extracted from doublev. < as lemmas
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