| 单词 | carpenter's-scene |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarpenter's-scene carpenter's-scene n. (or carpenter-scene) Theatre (a) a scene introduced on the front of the stage to give the stage-carpenters time to arrange complicated scenery behind for the next act; (b) the painted scene which forms the background of this, and shuts off the part of the stage behind, where the stage-carpenters are at work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > scene > type of scene or act monologuec1550 monology1608 night scene1683 mad scene1741 drop-scene1815 recognition scene1838 carpenter's-scene1860 scène à faire1884 mob scene1890 sex scene1915 curtain1928 1860 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 750 The dialogue of a front-scene (known technically as a carpenter's scene) when your play requires a complicated view to be arranged behind it. 1864 Athenæum No. 1928. 506/2 Carpenter-scenes. 1874 Graphic 31 Jan. 111/2 A Carpenter's Scene is generally a flat in the first grooves consisting of some murky picture or other. < as lemmas |
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