Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense upstages, present participle upstaging, past tense, past participle upstaged
1ADV [ADVERB after verb] [beADVERB]在舞台后部;朝舞台后面 When an actor is upstage or moves upstage, he or she is or moves towards the back part of the stage. 在舞台后部;朝舞台后面 [technical]
Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris stands with his back to the audience.
舞台后方偏右处,罗伯特·莫里斯背对观众站着。
Position a camera upstage.
在舞台后面安置一部摄影机。
They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。
Upstage is also an adjective.
...the large upstage box that Noble used for his 1990 production of King Lear.
诺布尔在1990制作《李尔王》时使用过的大型舞台背景箱子
2VERB 使相形见绌;抢…的风头 If someone upstages you, they draw attention away from you by being more attractive or interesting. 使相形见绌;抢…的风头
He had a younger brother who always publicly upstaged him. [VERB noun]
他有一个弟弟,总是公然抢他的风头。
He upstages her by flirting with other women. [VERB noun]