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stage

英[steɪdʒ] 美[stedʒ]
  • n. 阶段;舞台;戏剧;驿站
  • vt. 举行;上演;筹划
  • vi. 举行;适于上演;乘驿车旅行
  • n. (Stage)人名;(英)斯特奇

英英释意


1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events;
"we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
"a remarkable degree of frankness"
"at what stage are the social sciences?"
3. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience;
"he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
4. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage');
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
5. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something;
"All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare
"it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
6. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns;
"we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
7. a section or portion of a journey or course;
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
8. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination