| 单词 | to walk on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk on to walk on 1. intransitive. Of a theatrical performer: to go on stage with few if any lines to say. Cf. walk-on n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > types of part to play the foolc1426 to walk on1863 supe1888 super1895 miscast1927 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. 20 He would give her fifteen shillings a week to ‘walk on’, as he technically called the business of the ladies who wander on to the stage,..and stare vaguely at whatever may be taking place in the scene. 1893 H. F. McLelland Jack & Beanstalk 35 She used to walk on in the comic scenes. 1913 Confessions of Dancing Girl vii. 127 I obtained an engagement to ‘walk on’ in a musical comedy... I had no lines and no part. 1974 B. Bainbridge Bottle Factory Outing (1975) ii. 13 She walked on in television serials very occasionally. 1994 R. Abel Ciné goes to Town (1998) v. 236 He alternated between performing as the lead and simply walking on as an extra. 2. intransitive. U.S. Sport. To try out for a college sports team without having been recruited or given an athletic scholarship. Cf. walk-on n. 2. ΚΠ 1972 Washington Post 17 Mar. d2/1 Of 54 students now competing in track, about half hold no athletic scholarship, having ‘walked on’ at Rienzo's invitation. 1981 Sports Illustr. 11 May 72/3 I would've been scared to death to walk on at Oregon or Oregon State. 2006 M. Babcock Heart of Husker iii. 114 Even though he had scholarship offers from smaller schools, Jeff Jamrog walked on at Nebraska. < as lemmas |
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