understudies的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT预备演员；替角儿

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.

• He was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the USA.

  他是查理·卓别麟美国巡演期间的替角儿。