n (1)舞台(platform，esp for performing or acting on，eg in a theatre)[C;U (on/off～)]：need a large～需要一个大舞台;set a～for an indoor scene 把舞台布置成室内景;the finest tragedian on the English～英格兰舞台上最好的悲剧演员;The actor almost fell off the～. 那演员险些从舞台上摔下去。be on (the)～for most of the play 全剧大多数时候都出场;All the world is a～;men and women are merely players. 整个世界是个舞台，男人和女人们不过是演员而已。up/down～(演出时)在(向)舞台后/前部;～left/right 舞台左/右侧;

(2)戏剧(舞台)生涯，戏剧业(life and work in a theatre;theatrical profession)[U，the～]：choose the～as a career 选择戏剧表演为业;adapt a novel for the～把小说改编为戏剧;put sb on the～让某人跻身舞台学艺;The～was his whole life. 戏剧表演是他生命的全部。～fright/whisper/direction/door 怯场/低声旁白/舞台指导语/剧场后门;

(3)事件发生的场所(现场)(scene or setting of an event or series of)[C，sing](fig)：It was the～of a famous battle.这是一著名战役的战场。the European political～欧洲政治舞台;Europe was the primary～for the Second World War. 欧洲是二战的主要战场。The～was set for a summit conference. 最高级会谈的地点已经确定。〖同〗spot，position，site;

(4)阶段，时期(period or step in a course of the development，growth or progress)[C]：be in the early～s/at an early～处于初期;be in the final/next～of development 在发展的最终/下一阶段;the～s of development of the frog 青蛙成长的各个阶段;a three-～development programme 三个阶段的发展规划;at the～of the negotiation 在谈判期间;reach the talking～到达会说话的阶段;

(5)一段路(旅)程;(公共汽车的)一站的路程(part of a journey;(BrE) section of a bus route)[C]：the first～of the trip/the Tour de France 旅行/环法自行车赛的第一站;travel by easy～s 分期轻松旅行;It cost ten pence to travel three～s. 坐三站车要花10便士。

(6)公共马车，驿车(public horse-drawn vehicle carrying passengers (and often mail) along a regular route)[C，U(by～)](=stage coach)：take the next～乘下一趟驿车;

(7)火箭的级(节)(one of the separable sections of a rocket)[C]：a three-～rocket 三级火箭;

be/go on the stage 当演员：She's always wanted to go on the～. 她总想当演员。

set the stage for sth 为……作准备：Scientists' work on engines set the～for the development of spaceships. 科学家们致力于发动机的研究，为宇宙飞船的发展作准备。

→′stage-coach n 驿站马车;′stage-hand n 舞台工作人员;͵stage-′manage v 担任舞台监督;͵stage-′manager n 舞台监督;′stage-struck adj 渴望当演员的;

vt(1)演出，上演(arrange for (a play) to be performed)[T+n]：～a play/charity 上演一出戏/进行慈善演出;be～ing Macbeth in the gardens 正在公园里上演《麦克白斯》;This play was～d in 1928. 这出戏第一次上演是在1928年。The actors were good but the～ing was bad. 演员们不错，但演出却很糟糕。〖同〗produce，present，act，perform，play;

(2)举(进)行(arrange and carry out)[T+n]：～an art show/a football match 进行艺术展/足球赛;～a one-day strike/a referendum/a protest march/a come-back as a filmstar 举行一日罢工/进行全民投票(公决)/进行抗议游行/作为电影明星东山再起