单词 | troupe |
释义 | troupe From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Performingtroupetroupe /truːp/ noun [countable]APa group of singers, actors, dancers etc who work togetherExamples from the Corpustroupe• In its 1964 season in London, the Ailey troupe performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre seven shows a week for six weeks.• The following Sunday, however, Barnes suddenly found himself contemplating the demise of the Ailey troupe.• All his favourite soloists appeared, many fronting his best troupes.• A Chechenlanguage theater and national Vaikakhk dance troupe began work.• John faced a continual turnover with his juvenile troupes.• The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices.• The big world of geopolitics, where the truth about Lockerbie probably lies, demands the presence of the troupe elsewhere.Origin troupe (1800-1900) French Late Latin troppus “group of sheep” |
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