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backdrop n.背景幕,(事件的)背景 The backdrop is an important part of a theater production, since it provides a setting for a play or sets a mood for a musical performance. If you're watching a local version of "Oliver!" the backdrop might be designed to look like a London street scene, for example. The noun backdrop comes from US theater slang, from a combination of back and drop around 1913. ★☆☆☆☆ 2017.5

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['bækdrɔp] A backdrop is the scenery that hangs behind the actors in a play. You might help to paint the backdrop for your school's production of "The Sound of Music." Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared, a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments, as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the ten-famous artist Robert Seymour, who had originated the idea for the story. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（挂在舞台后部的）彩画幕布，背景幕布 A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（实物或景象的）背景，衬托 The backdrop to an object or a scene is what you see behind it.   [usu N prep]Leeds Castle will provide a dramatic backdrop to a fireworks display next Saturday...利兹堡将为下周六的烟花燃放提供美妙的背景衬托。Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror.浅色是挂放图画或镜子很有效果的衬托。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（事件的）背景 The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens.   [usu N prep]The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.选举将在愈加动荡不安的局势下举行。

英语单词	backdrop
英美音标	['bækdrɔp]
中文释义	n.背景幕,(事件的)背景
vocab简明	A backdrop is the scenery that hangs behind the actors in a play. You might help to paint the backdrop for your school's production of "The Sound of Music."
vocab扩展	The backdrop is an important part of a theater production, since it provides a setting for a play or sets a mood for a musical performance. If you're watching a local version of "Oliver!" the backdrop might be designed to look like a London street scene, for example. The noun backdrop comes from US theater slang, from a combination of back and drop around 1913.
真题原句	Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared, a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments, as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the ten-famous artist Robert Seymour, who had originated the idea for the story.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（挂在舞台后部的）彩画幕布，背景幕布 A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（实物或景象的）背景，衬托 The backdrop to an object or a scene is what you see behind it. [usu N prep] Leeds Castle will provide a dramatic backdrop to a fireworks display next Saturday... 利兹堡将为下周六的烟花燃放提供美妙的背景衬托。 Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror. 浅色是挂放图画或镜子很有效果的衬托。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（事件的）背景 The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens. [usu N prep] The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability. 选举将在愈加动荡不安的局势下举行。
来源	2017.5

Backdrop N Count 可数名词 Scenery Theater Play Back [Usu