actor

英 [ˈæktə(r)]

美 [ˈæktər]

n.  演员

复数：actors　

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牛津词典

noun

• 演员
  a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films/movies, especially as a profession

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 演员（单数形式的actor通常指男演员，但有些女演员喜欢被称为actor而不是actress)
  Anactoris someone whose job is acting in plays or films. 'Actor' in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called 'actors' rather than 'actresses'.
  1. His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company...
     他的父亲是粤剧团的演员。
  2. You have to be a very good actor to play that part.
     要想演那个角色，你必须是个非常出色的演员。

英英释义

noun

• a theatrical performer
  Synonym:histrionplayerthespianrole player
• a person who acts and gets things done
  1. he's a principal actor in this affair
  2. when you want something done get a doer
  3. he's a miracle worker
  Synonym:doerworker

双语例句

• I've always wanted to be an actor but Dad wouldn't hear of it
  我一直想当个演员，但爸爸不同意。
• The child actor's press agent says: 'He does not talk to the press on such matters.'
  这位童星的新闻发言人说：“他不会就这些事情向媒体发表观点。”
• Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him
  跟其他演员一样，他有时也会以自我为中心，但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
• Hemmings is enjoying a newfound popularity as a character actor in the movies.
  作为电影界的一名性格演员，亨明斯最近开始走红。
• The actor made a graceful exit.
  该演员的下场动作十分优美。
• They say he's certain to get a nomination for best supporting actor
  他们说他肯定能获得最佳男配角奖的提名。
• She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor
  她作为喜剧演员已经闯出了一片天地。
• A timeless comic actor — his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless
  作为喜剧界的常青树——他的简单淳朴与自然大方无人能及。
• This fall she co-stars in a film with the acclaimed British actor Kenneth Branagh
  今秋她和广受欢迎的英国演员肯尼思·布拉纳联袂主演了一部电影。
• Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony
  凯恩向来是个擅长讽刺的演员。