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单词 offstage
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Definition of offstage in English:

offstage

adjective & adverb ɒfˈsteɪdʒ
  • (in a theatre) not on the stage and so not visible to the audience.

    as adverb screams were heard offstage
    as adjective figurative the offstage lives of celebrities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And worse, he resolves his crisis mostly offstage during the opening scenes of the second act.
    • For the dream sequences, the four hang from bars offstage and balance pillows under their spotlit heads so they seem to be horizontal.
    • I only wish he would not throw away the line about whose yacht is anchored just offstage.
    • Stella goes offstage onto the porch as Blanche comes onstage out of the bathroom, and sees Stanley alone.
    • Stars of the musical theatre (of which I am one) channel their offstage misery into on stage triumph.
    • Even when she was not present on the stage, the chilling scream, which came from offstage, reminded the audience of her.
    • You can talk to someone on set from offstage or cue an actor who forgot his lines.
    • In other words, if you could overcome it onstage, couldn't you overcome it offstage?
    • But this is a play where you feel the really big issue is the one that is happening offstage.
    • It is also the third current play in which an offstage dog is loudly audible.
    • He says their offstage relationship bears an uncanny similarity to their roles in the play.
    • There is little offstage divide, as the actors are mostly in view and chat with the audience during the interval, and before and after the show.
    • These two characters have, one feels, an offstage life during which they rely on each other's support for the next vicissitude that is to befall them.
    • Her offstage screech sends shivers down the spine long before she actually appears, and when she appears she devastates.
    • Gracious and soft-spoken in interviews, Cave's offstage persona is the opposite of his electrifying stage self.
    • There is also something sterile about a show that is all men and not even an offstage woman.
    • Verna keeps busy offstage as a film producer, her credits including the 2003 hit Saved By The Belles.
    • He stood silently in the middle of the stage, unable to speak or even to walk offstage.
    • And what about the glimpses we're provided of the actors' offstage lives?
    • They are a beautiful couple on stage as well as offstage.
    Synonyms
    confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet

Rhymes

age, assuage, backstage, cage, downstage, engage, enrage, gage, gauge, mage, multistage, onstage, Osage, page, Paige, rage, rampage, sage, stage, swage, under-age, upstage, wage
 
 

Definition of offstage in US English:

offstage

adverb & adjective
  • (in a theater) not on the stage and so not visible to the audience.

    as adverb screams were heard offstage
    as adjective figurative the offstage lives of celebrities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also the third current play in which an offstage dog is loudly audible.
    • They are a beautiful couple on stage as well as offstage.
    • He says their offstage relationship bears an uncanny similarity to their roles in the play.
    • Stella goes offstage onto the porch as Blanche comes onstage out of the bathroom, and sees Stanley alone.
    • For the dream sequences, the four hang from bars offstage and balance pillows under their spotlit heads so they seem to be horizontal.
    • I only wish he would not throw away the line about whose yacht is anchored just offstage.
    • These two characters have, one feels, an offstage life during which they rely on each other's support for the next vicissitude that is to befall them.
    • There is little offstage divide, as the actors are mostly in view and chat with the audience during the interval, and before and after the show.
    • You can talk to someone on set from offstage or cue an actor who forgot his lines.
    • And what about the glimpses we're provided of the actors' offstage lives?
    • Her offstage screech sends shivers down the spine long before she actually appears, and when she appears she devastates.
    • Verna keeps busy offstage as a film producer, her credits including the 2003 hit Saved By The Belles.
    • There is also something sterile about a show that is all men and not even an offstage woman.
    • In other words, if you could overcome it onstage, couldn't you overcome it offstage?
    • Stars of the musical theatre (of which I am one) channel their offstage misery into on stage triumph.
    • But this is a play where you feel the really big issue is the one that is happening offstage.
    • He stood silently in the middle of the stage, unable to speak or even to walk offstage.
    • Even when she was not present on the stage, the chilling scream, which came from offstage, reminded the audience of her.
    • Gracious and soft-spoken in interviews, Cave's offstage persona is the opposite of his electrifying stage self.
    • And worse, he resolves his crisis mostly offstage during the opening scenes of the second act.
    Synonyms
    confidential, strictly confidential, secret, top secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, closet
 
 
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