SK
7 1ft # S $ £ A A W W’ 'M — see also ground
staff 2 [sing.] (NAmtI) the people who work at a school, college
or university, but who do not teach students (A, ) flAMt iff ifcAM: students,
faculty and staffDMMI 3 [C+sing./pl.
v.] a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer ( ) £ft#t£A M: a staff officer #ig — see also
chief of staff, general staff 4 [C] (old-fashioned
or format) a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a
weapon, or as a symbol of authority bt; fi,#; 5 [C] (music |f) (especially
NAmE) = stave
n.(2) the .staff of 'life (literary) a
basic food, especially bread ± #; Hf®
*
verb [VN] [usually passive] to work in an
institution, a company, etc.; to provide people to work there fE i
ft; if
; fj
■ ■ ■ ffi jlrlR M: The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers, it W tfe) 7 7' X ft #J A pPH ^
IS # 0 0 The charity provided
money to staff and equip two hospitals.
7 A M <> 0 a fully staffed department AM®M§-?FA|!K!rP H —see also overstaffed, short-staffed, understaffed ► staffing noun [U]: staffing
levels A
M Sc! tlr
GRAMMAR
POINT if >£$£$ staff
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In BrE staff (sense 1) can be singular |£5£!S^if 7, staff ( % 1 X ) njftt ft a staff of ten (= a group of ten people)
3RI+A or plural.
I have ten staff working for me. A7T If it is the subject of a verb, this
verb is plural. £fl^ft^jie]&f)±-i£, The staff in this
shop are very helpful. ftM-X#
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In NAmE staff (senses 1 and 2) can only
be singular.
Staff
( % 1 2
x ) RfiftW:
a staff of ten (but not ten staff) IRX7A ( fSXtbffl ten staff ) o The staff in this store is
very helpful.
m The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and NAmE to refer to more than one
group of people. staffs &'>$-, fgit^S^fq
the senator and
his staff (singular) #R M AftfeW Xft A M (#■&)<> senators and their staffs
(plural) #iS£M2&fMl# M $J
T.ft AM ( ttfc )
staffer /’sta:fa(r); NAmE
'staef-/ noun (NAmE) a member of staff in a big organization ( A#l$J )
IR M 'staff
nurse noun (in
(
'staff officer noun a military officer who helps an
officer of very high rank or who works at a military headquarters or a government department staffroom /'sta:fru:m; -rum; NAmE 'staef-/ noun (BrE) a room in a school where
teachers can go when they are not teaching ijtplg; ffc MU?
'staff sergeant noun a member of the army
or the
stag /staeg/ noun a male deer —compare buck n. (2),
doe, hart
||mn go 'stag (NAmE, old-fashioned,
informal) (of a man 9) rf) to
go to a party without a partner A
'stag beetle noun a large insect with a mouth
that has parts like the horns of an animal ; MM ¥
Stage
0-w /steid3/ noun, verb mnoun
►
PERIOD/STATE H 1$ ; ft A 1 [C] a period or
state that sth/sb passes through while developing or making progress ( ).(##, ft&:
This
technology is still in its early
stages. AiEM:7R
o The children are
at different stages of development. A
AIM A A IA fit 0 0 The
product is at the design
stage.
A rm Ml A it (A Wl 0 o
1957 stagehand
People tend to work hard at this stage of life. AAisA A o At
one stage it looked as though they would win. ff—J&R4|bJ,
o Don’t worry about
the baby not wanting to leave you— it’s a stage they go through. - life
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PART OF PROCESS fV 2 [C] a separate part that a
process, etc. is divided into |&; A; HT71 phase:
We did the first stage of the trip by train. H AA
■$,i\]ffe$)Mz‘Xff-0 0 The police are
building up a picture of the incident stage by stage. WJjJEMXM fit
HP ft A
0
The pay increase will be introduced in stages (= not all at once). fr?
0
We can
take the argument one
stage further. Ac 111 M17 X M
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THEATRE l^ij 3 [C] a raised area,
usually in a theatre,
etc. where actors,
dancers, etc. perform ( ^ A
)
f?o : The audience threw flowers onto the stage. M A
JE SIItM|o]Hpo
0 There were more than 50 people onstage in one scene, AW AW 50 £Ao
0
They marched offstage to the sound of trumpets, R M r A
, (Ml
A il T
f? n o —
see also backstage, offstage, onstage
4 (often the stage) [sing.] the theatre and the world of acting as a form of entertainment McHiJ; 3&IHI AM;
AIMIf-: His parents
didn’t want him to go on the stage (= to be an actor). ffe A M M o O She was a
popular star of stage and screen (= theatre and cinema/movies).
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IN POLITICS ift If 5 [sing] an area of activity where
important things happen, especially in politics ( d&M
)
M a : She
was forced to the centre of the political stage, jtfe ® fij T ^ ?o H
n Pil A A'«, 0
—
see also centre stage
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CARRIAGE "j , 6 [C] (old-fashioned,
informal) = stagecoach
—
see also landing stage IT»T?1 set the stage for sth
to make it possible for sth to happen; to make sth likely to happen MMA 7 i!0
m verb [VN] 1 to organize and present
a play or an event for people to see ± M ; ^ iff ; ^
ff : to stage a ceremony/an event/an exhibition ^ 7r bf A / ifcfh /
M ^ 0 The local theatre group is staging a production of ‘Hamlet’.
Ai&j^ll]^EAM 0
O
has bid to stage the next
national athletics championships. rf&Bfl H M. M ^ 0 2 to organize
and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public
protest *g.£R;
% $1: to stage a strike/demonstration/march/protest / AlR /
Wu / trCAiC f£ 3 to make sth happen
; it MM: The dollar staged a recovery earlier
today. A X R-
HXtBSlSAo
O After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to
international tennis.
stage-coach /'steid3kautj; NAmE -koutf/ noun a large carriage pulled by horses, that was used in the past to carry
passengers, and often mail, along a regular route
()
mam*,
stage-craft /'steid3kra:ft; NAmE
-krmft/ noun [U] skill in presenting plays in a theatre
'stage direction noun a note in the text of a play
telling actors when to come on to or leave the stage, what actions to perform,
etc.
m±t^, )
.stage 'door noun the entrance at the back of a
theatre used by actors, staff, etc. ( (7M74A MiStb )
'stage fright noun [U] nervous feelings
felt by performers before they appear in front of an audience
ift«X£ )
stage-hand /'steid3haend/ noun a person whose job is to help
move scenery, etc. in a theatre,
to prepare the stage for the next play or the next part of a play Mu iL
fbAM (mmm)