英语词汇“waiting in the wings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Theatre. Each of the side-scenes on the stage; also plural (occasionally singular) the space at each side of the stage where these stand. Also in figurative phr. waiting in the wings and variants, ready to act or make an appearance; (for the moment) taking no part in the action.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > sides

side-scene1675

side wing1698

slips1771

prompt sidec1782

wing1790

side-slip1808

coulisse1819

prompt corner1872

tormentor1886

P1901

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > waiting [phrase]

on (also upon) the reserve1655

to watch the clock?1705

in waiting1769

waiting in the wings1876

1790 E. Malone Hist. Acct. Eng. Stage in Plays & Poems Shakspeare I. ii. 83 The technical modern term, wings, or side scenes.

1807 Director 2 330 The turning of one single wheel effects at once..the simultaneous retreat of the entire assemblage of wings and drops and flat.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 208 The little space there is between the wings and the wall; and one wing and another.

1847 W. J. Broderip Zool. Recreations 320 The frantic stage-manager in the wing.

1876 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Dec. The author has given him a mother who..has been kept waiting in the wing, as it were, for many acts.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 16 She had known her maintain that cold sternness to the very wings, and then bound on to the stage.

1946 P. Bottome Lifeline iii. 39 We've Churchill waiting in the wings, to take the helm when the storm breaks.

1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 237 Already famous, he remained as it were in the wings of his busy, talkative thought.

1977 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 Sept. 44/1 Despite vast expenditures on research and development..the videodisc is still hovering diffidently in the wings.

1985 Times 19 Jan. 21/1 Yesterday's huge jump in the share price suggests there is a buyer in the wings.

单词	waiting in the wings
释义	> as lemmas waiting in the wings c. Theatre. Each of the side-scenes on the stage; also plural (occasionally singular) the space at each side of the stage where these stand. Also in figurative phr. waiting in the wings and variants, ready to act or make an appearance; (for the moment) taking no part in the action. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > sides side-scene1675 side wing1698 slips1771 prompt sidec1782 wing1790 side-slip1808 coulisse1819 prompt corner1872 tormentor1886 P1901 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > waiting [phrase] on (also upon) the reserve1655 to watch the clock?1705 in waiting1769 waiting in the wings1876 1790 E. Malone Hist. Acct. Eng. Stage in Plays & Poems Shakspeare I. ii. 83 The technical modern term, wings, or side scenes. 1807 Director 2 330 The turning of one single wheel effects at once..the simultaneous retreat of the entire assemblage of wings and drops and flat. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 208 The little space there is between the wings and the wall; and one wing and another. 1847 W. J. Broderip Zool. Recreations 320 The frantic stage-manager in the wing. 1876 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Dec. The author has given him a mother who..has been kept waiting in the wing, as it were, for many acts. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 16 She had known her maintain that cold sternness to the very wings, and then bound on to the stage. 1946 P. Bottome Lifeline iii. 39 We've Churchill waiting in the wings, to take the helm when the storm breaks. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 237 Already famous, he remained as it were in the wings of his busy, talkative thought. 1977 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 Sept. 44/1 Despite vast expenditures on research and development..the videodisc is still hovering diffidently in the wings. 1985 Times 19 Jan. 21/1 Yesterday's huge jump in the share price suggests there is a buyer in the wings. extracted from wingn. < as lemmas
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