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单词 upstage
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
up•stage /ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ/USA pronunciation   adv., adj., v., -staged, -stag•ing. 
adv. 
  1. Show Businessat or toward the back of the stage.

adj. 
  1. Show Businessof, relating to, or located at the back of the stage.

v. [+ object]
  1. Show Business
    • to move upstage of (another actor), forcing him or her to act with back to the audience.
    • to draw attention away from (another actor) by some activity:upstaged her by loudly blowing his nose.
  2. to outdo professionally, socially, etc.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
up•stage  (upstāj),USA pronunciation adv., adj., v., -staged, -stag•ing, n. 
adv. 
  1. Show Businesson or toward the back of the stage.

adj. 
  1. Show Businessof, pertaining to, or located at the back of the stage.
  2. haughtily aloof;
    supercilious.

v.t. 
  1. Show Businessto overshadow (another performer) by moving upstage and forcing the performer to turn away from the audience.
  2. to outdo professionally, socially, etc.
  3. to behave snobbishly toward.

n. 
  1. Show Businessthe rear half of the stage.
  2. Show Businessany stage position to the rear of another.
  • up- + stage 1905–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
upstage /ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ/ adv
  1. on, at, or to the rear of the stage
adj
  1. of or relating to the back half of the stage
  2. informal haughty; supercilious; aloof
vb (transitive)
  1. to move upstage of (another actor), thus forcing him to turn away from the audience
  2. informal to draw attention to oneself from (someone else); steal the show from (someone)
  3. informal to treat haughtily
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