tread the boards

短语

上舞台, 做演员

发音

UK /ˌtɹɛd ðə ˈbɔːdz/
其它
CA /ˌtɹɛd ðə ˈboɹdz/
US /ˌtɹɛd ðə ˈboɹdz/
AU /ˌtɹed ðə ˈboːdz/
NZ /ˌtɹed ðə ˈboːdz/
SCOT /ˌtɹɛd ðə ˈbɔɹdz/
IN /ˌʈɾɛɖ d̪e ˈbɔʳɖz/

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To work as a theatre actor.

    过时 幽默 习语 不及物

    He seems to think that he's the greatest actor who's ever trod the boards.

  2. 2.

    To write plays for the theatre.

    过时 比喻 幽默 习语 不及物

    After years of acting, she decided to tread the boards as a playwright instead, penning three successful comedies for the local theater company.

词源

From the fact that theatre stages are often made of wooden boards which are trodden by actors. Compare French monter sur les planches (literally “to get up onto the boards”). The term boards (“a theatrical stage”) was first attested in the mid-1700s, this idiom itself was first attested in the mid-1800s, and was preceded by the idiom tread the stage, first attested in 1691.

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