actor

英 [ˈæktə(r)]

美 [ˈæktər]

n.  演员

复数：actors　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2390 / COCA.1497

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

• We had to have an actor who could generate real empathy. Plus he had to carry the audience through a lot of plot.
  我们得找一名能真正入戏的男演员，而且他还得能让观众跟上复杂的剧情中。
• 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。”
• Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony
  凯恩向来是个擅长讽刺的演员。
• It was an actor whose name escapes me for the moment
  那个男演员的名字我一时想不起来了。
• 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。
• He's a good actor, but this is the wrong part for him.
  他是个好演员，可是这个角色不适合他演。
• His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company
  他的父亲是粤剧团的演员。
• It's a great movie and it features a Spanish actor who is going to be a world star within a year
  这是一部精彩的影片，主演是一位西班牙演员，他不出一年就会成为国际巨星。
• The actor Patrick Stewart is a long-time baldy and proud of it
  演员帕特里克·斯图尔特早就秃头了，为此他还很得意。
• Actor John Goodman played Melanie Griffith's sugar daddy in the film.
  影片中约翰·古德曼饰演梅兰尼·格利菲斯的甜爹。