柯林斯詞典understudy /??nd??st?d?/ (understudies) 1. N-COUNT An actor's or actress's understudy is the person who has learned their part in a play and can act the part if the actor or actress is ill. 替角 He was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the U.S. 他曾是查理?卓別林美國巡縯的替角。 返回 understudy劍橋詞典an actor who learns the parts of other actors in a play , so that he or she can replace them if necessary , for example if they are ill 候補(bǔ)縯員，替角 返回 understudy