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单词 stage-diving
释义

Definition of stage-diving in English:

stage-diving

noun
mass noun
  • The practice (typically among audience members) of jumping from the stage at a rock concert or other event to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd below.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What other venue could offer dancing in the pews, stage-diving off the pulpit, and vocals carrying unassisted by a PA system?
    • He plays Dewey, a heavy rock musician - in both senses - who is thrown out of his band for excessive guitar solos and inappropriate stage-diving, and has to take a job as a supply teacher at an uptight private infant school.
    • The atmosphere in Dry is pretty electric with double stage-diving and more sweat than a sauna for the overweight.
    • There was no slam-dancing or crowd-surfing or stage-diving - everybody bobbed their heads in time with the drummer's beat and watched the singer.
    • Girls tend not to climb onto their boyfriends' shoulders during them, and stage-diving is discouraged.

Derivatives

  • stage-dive

  • verbˈsteɪdʒdʌɪvˈsteɪdʒˌdaɪv
    [no object]
    • (of a band or audience member) jump from the stage at a rock concert or other event to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd below.

      he stage-dived into the front rows and joined the fans
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ronald stage-dives into the crowd, and is deftly moshed back onto the stage, where he strikes a triumphant pose.
      • Remember that Pearl Jam video for ‘Even Flow, ‘in which Eddie Vedder stage-dives off a balcony?’
      • Albarn stage-dives in the middle of ‘Crazy Beat’ from Think Tank and drowns in a sea of young male and female bodies, before Smoggy carries the six-footer out like a small child.
  • stage-diver

  • noun
    • They continue in a similar vein, meeting with general approval from the audience, particularly the (mostly youthful) stage-divers who punctuate every song with their sweaty antics.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I missed the video shoot by a day, but a friend of mine is one of the stage-divers in the video.
      • Climbing on stages or speakers or any elevated position the stage-diver would then dive out over and into the crowd, usually escaping a bouncer's grasp by moments.
 
 

Definition of stage-diving in US English:

stage-diving

noun
  • The practice (typically among audience members) of jumping from the stage at a rock concert or other event to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd below.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The atmosphere in Dry is pretty electric with double stage-diving and more sweat than a sauna for the overweight.
    • What other venue could offer dancing in the pews, stage-diving off the pulpit, and vocals carrying unassisted by a PA system?
    • Girls tend not to climb onto their boyfriends' shoulders during them, and stage-diving is discouraged.
    • He plays Dewey, a heavy rock musician - in both senses - who is thrown out of his band for excessive guitar solos and inappropriate stage-diving, and has to take a job as a supply teacher at an uptight private infant school.
    • There was no slam-dancing or crowd-surfing or stage-diving - everybody bobbed their heads in time with the drummer's beat and watched the singer.
 
 
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