词组 | actor |
释义 | actor /ˈæktə $ -ər/ noun someone who performs in plays or filmsadjectivesa good/fine/great actor He had a reputation as a fine actor. | This fine actor has been delighting audiences for years.a talented/accomplished actor (=very good) Daniel Radcliffe is a talented young actor.a well-known/famous actor Tom Cruise is a very famous actor. | I’d really like to be a famous actor. | The Hollywood formula requires you to spend lots of money and hire well-known actors.a struggling actor (=one who is not getting many jobs) We shared a house when we were both struggling actors.an aspiring actor (=someone who wants to be an actor) Every year aspiring actors arrive in Hollywood looking for work.a professional actor The plays will be recorded in a studio with professional actors. | It isn’t easy to become a successful professional actor.an amateur actor (=one who is not paid) The play will be performed by local amateur actors.the leading/principal actor (=the person playing the most important part) Who was the leading actor in ‘The Sound of Music’?a supporting actor (=the person playing the second most important part) She was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. | Awards were presented to star Alan Rickman and supporting actor Ian McKellen.a comic actor (=one who acts in funny plays or films) He was a comic actor and he always got a laugh.a classical actor (=one who acts parts from plays by writers such as Shakespeare) a drama school that trains classical actors | Richard Burton turned himself into a great young classical actor.nouns + actora film/movie actor Joe wanted to be a movie actor from an early age.a television/TV actor For several years he had small parts as a television actor.a stage actor Stage actors are often badly paid.a Hollywood actor Hollywood actor Michael Douglas will be on the show to talk about his latest movie.a character actor (=one who plays unusual characters, rather than the most important characters) As a character actor you get to play some interesting parts.a child actor As a child actor, he played the role of Harry Potter.a comedy actor (=one who acts in funny plays and films) Jason was voted top TV comedy actor.verbsan actor plays a part/role/character The 31-year-old actor plays the role of Albert.an actor performs a play/scene The actors performed the scene in full costume.an actor rehearses (for) sth (=practises for a play or film) The actors are busy rehearsing for the opening night of the play.Actor or actress?The word actor can be used about both men and women. Women who appear in plays and films prefer to be called actors.However, in everyday English, many people often still use actor about a man, and actress about a woman.THESAURUS: actor actress a woman who performs in a play or film. Many women prefer to be called actors rather than actresses: Who was the actress who played Jane Eyre? | She’s one of my favourite actresses. | Angelina Jolie is a famous actress who has starred in many successful films. | She began her career as a movie actress in 1998. star a famous actor: Julia Roberts is a famous Hollywood star. | The hotel is popular with movie stars. | He was a famous film star in the 1950s. | Peter thinks the multi-million-pound contracts paid to Hollywood stars today are obscene. the star someone who plays the most important part in a play or film: Daniel Radcliffe is the star of the ‘Harry Potter’ films. | Jennifer Aniston is the star of the new movie. co-star one of two or more famous actors who have important parts in a play or film: Her co-star Jodie Foster won the Best Actress Award. | Greta Garbo took a violent dislike to her co-star, Fredric March. the lead the main acting part in a play or film: He will play the lead in a new version of ‘Dracula’. | He has also been asked to play the lead in an Italian mini-series about the early life of Mussolini. extra an actor in a film who does not say anything but is part of a crowd: She started her career as an extra in TV soap operas. | He was given the chance to play an extra in Martin Scorsese’s new film. understudy an actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill: Vanessa had flu, and her place was taken by her understudy, Miss Lisa Fennell. | The actress is ill and her understudy is to play the part tonight.a group of actors the cast all the actors in a play or film: Other members of the cast include Johnny Depp and Danny DeVito. | She will head the cast (=she will have the most important part). | Members of the cast were on the stage rehearsing. company a group of actors who perform plays together: In 2006, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. | The play will be performed by an all-female company. | The company is touring the country with a production of Othello. |
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