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词汇 stagehand
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Definition of stagehand in English:

stagehand

nounˈsteɪdʒhandˈsteɪdʒˌhænd
  • A person who moves scenery or props before or during the performance of a play.

    (管理布景或道具的)舞台工作人员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aged 12, she got a job as a stagehand at a New Hampshire repertory theatre and went on to study acting at the prestigious Julliard drama school.
    • Props don't glide in and out on tracks, they're carded on and off in dim light by stagehands and performers.
    • Charlie is hired as a stagehand but naturally gets pressed into service as an actor as well.
    • The agreement ended a four-day walkout by the Great White Way's musicians, supported by actors and stagehands, that had cost millions of dollars.
    • Penning his first play at 15, he originally wanted to work as a stagehand before being persuaded to take an A level in drama and going on to study theatre at Manchester University.
    • What a tour de force in a theater hardly equipped to carry off this sort of repertory schedule: the stagehands must have a lot of sleepless nights!
    • The amount of camaraderie that the actors and stagehands enjoy and the ‘pleasure we derive from sharing our friendship and moments just cannot be described’.
    • Moreover, while the play unfolded, stagehands dressed in black (telling the audience that they were invisible) would add and remove furniture and similar objects.
    • In fact, it looked as if the stagehands had gone off to lunch and had forgotten to come back and clean up the stage.
    • After the angel appears, they have to hand off its wings to a stagehand and run around to the wings to get onstage for the next dance.
    • Changing real backdrops requires a lot of stagehands and needs at least a few minutes to be able to achieve it.
    • It's impossible not to come away with a renewed appreciation for these performers' craft, seeing how natural they look, giving no indication of the army of stagehands and machinery working just outside the camera's range.
    • With the support of the stagehands and actors, who refused to cross the picket lines, the walkout closed down 18 Broadway musicals.
    • We all loved the image of the Carnegie stagehands, who would occasionally appear on stage to place or remove a mic or piece of gear in their perfect suits and ties.
    • In the dance world, compensation for orchestra musicians and stagehands often takes priority over the budgeted dancers' salaries.
    • College interns and volunteers serve as camera people and stagehands, using the university's studio and equipment.
    • In a half-hour the curtain would rise on Puccini's Tosca, but the stagehands were still putting up the walls of the church of the Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the centrepiece of the first act.
    • At the scheduled start-up time roadies and stagehands were frantically darting about the stage carrying rolls of cable and other light and sound equipment.
    • A classically trained actor, he found his first brush with show business aged 15 as a stagehand at York Theatre Royal.
    • Sometimes the actors are so busy moving about the props and making sure they don't walk through imaginary walls, it feels more like we're watching stagehands in period garb than actors involved in the drama.
    Synonyms
    theatrical assistant

Definition of stagehand in US English:

stagehand

nounˈsteɪdʒˌhændˈstājˌhand
  • A person who moves scenery or props before or during the performance of a play.

    (管理布景或道具的)舞台工作人员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Penning his first play at 15, he originally wanted to work as a stagehand before being persuaded to take an A level in drama and going on to study theatre at Manchester University.
    • It's impossible not to come away with a renewed appreciation for these performers' craft, seeing how natural they look, giving no indication of the army of stagehands and machinery working just outside the camera's range.
    • Props don't glide in and out on tracks, they're carded on and off in dim light by stagehands and performers.
    • The agreement ended a four-day walkout by the Great White Way's musicians, supported by actors and stagehands, that had cost millions of dollars.
    • With the support of the stagehands and actors, who refused to cross the picket lines, the walkout closed down 18 Broadway musicals.
    • Charlie is hired as a stagehand but naturally gets pressed into service as an actor as well.
    • A classically trained actor, he found his first brush with show business aged 15 as a stagehand at York Theatre Royal.
    • Aged 12, she got a job as a stagehand at a New Hampshire repertory theatre and went on to study acting at the prestigious Julliard drama school.
    • College interns and volunteers serve as camera people and stagehands, using the university's studio and equipment.
    • Sometimes the actors are so busy moving about the props and making sure they don't walk through imaginary walls, it feels more like we're watching stagehands in period garb than actors involved in the drama.
    • In the dance world, compensation for orchestra musicians and stagehands often takes priority over the budgeted dancers' salaries.
    • After the angel appears, they have to hand off its wings to a stagehand and run around to the wings to get onstage for the next dance.
    • Moreover, while the play unfolded, stagehands dressed in black (telling the audience that they were invisible) would add and remove furniture and similar objects.
    • Changing real backdrops requires a lot of stagehands and needs at least a few minutes to be able to achieve it.
    • We all loved the image of the Carnegie stagehands, who would occasionally appear on stage to place or remove a mic or piece of gear in their perfect suits and ties.
    • At the scheduled start-up time roadies and stagehands were frantically darting about the stage carrying rolls of cable and other light and sound equipment.
    • The amount of camaraderie that the actors and stagehands enjoy and the ‘pleasure we derive from sharing our friendship and moments just cannot be described’.
    • In fact, it looked as if the stagehands had gone off to lunch and had forgotten to come back and clean up the stage.
    • In a half-hour the curtain would rise on Puccini's Tosca, but the stagehands were still putting up the walls of the church of the Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the centrepiece of the first act.
    • What a tour de force in a theater hardly equipped to carry off this sort of repertory schedule: the stagehands must have a lot of sleepless nights!
    Synonyms
    theatrical assistant
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