stand-up

adj.

1. （喜剧节目）单人表演的，单口的
   stand-up comedy consists of one person standing in front of an audience and telling jokes
2. 激烈的（争论、打斗等）
   a stand-up argument, fight, etc. is one in which people shout loudly at each other or are violent towards each other
3. 直立的；挺立的
   worn, used, etc. in a vertical position
   1. a stand-up collar
      立领

noun

1. 独角喜剧；单口相声
   stand-up comedy
   1. When did you start doing stand-up?
      你什么时候开始表演独白喜剧的？
2. 独白喜剧演员；单口相声演员
   a person who performs stand-up comedy
   1. She started out as a stand-up.
      她出道时是个独角喜剧演员。

1. ADJ (喜剧演员)单人表演的
   A stand-up comic or comedian stands alone in front of an audience and tells jokes.
   1. He does all kinds of accents, he can do jokes—he could be a stand-up comic...
      他会模仿各种口音，还会讲笑话——他可以当个独角喜剧演员。
   2. Women do not normally break into the big time by doing stand-up comedy.
      女性靠演单人喜剧通常无法成名。
   3. Stand-up is also a noun.
      
   4. ...one of the worst stand-ups alive.
      在世的演技最差的单人喜剧演员之一
2. N-UNCOUNT 单人滑稽表演;单口相声
   Stand-up is stand-up comedy.
   1. ...getting by on likeability, professionalism and the kind of nerve you need to do stand-up.
      凭借个人魅力、精湛的技艺和进行单人喜剧表演所需要的勇气过活
3. (争吵、打斗)激烈的
   If people have a stand-up argument or fight, they stand up and shout at each other or hit each other violently.

1. A lot of what you see in stand-up comedy today is very derivative.
   如今人们看到的单人喜剧表演好多内容都是沿袭前人。
2. He does all kinds of accents, he can do jokes — he could be a stand-up comic
   他会模仿各种口音，还会讲笑话——他可以当个独角喜剧演员。
3. Women do not normally break into the big time by doing stand-up comedy.
   女性靠演单人喜剧通常无法成名。
4. It could be the circus, a movie, a stand-up comic, or a funny play.
   可以是马戏，电影，单人戏剧或是搞笑表演。
5. The scrum method tries to tackle this by having daily stand-up meetings focused on impediments.
   混合方法通过基于妨碍因素的日常独立会议来解决这个问题。
6. Anne's brother Tom, who is a comedian, opened his stand-up act last week by saying, My sister got married last year, and now she is about to be a new mom!
   安妮的喜剧演员哥哥汤姆，上周在表演的时候说道：我妹妹去年结婚了，现在她即将成为妈妈了。
7. A: I started out doing stand-up comedy, so I do lots of things that are very funny.
   史派西：我最开始是表演单口喜剧的，所以我做的很多事情都是非常有趣的。
8. Eugene picked Sagar, a stand-up comedian and part-time financial consultant from Brooklyn.
   尤金选择了塞格尔（Sagar），来自纽约布鲁克林区的脱口秀笑星及兼职财务顾问。
9. In June, he made a touching portrait of an Iraqi war veteran-turned stand-up comedian, Bobby Henline, as part of a photo essay and documentary film for TIME.
   六月，他拍下一张伊拉克战争中幸存的老兵、单口喜剧演员鲍比·亨兰仰浮的动人照片，这是《时代》插图文章和纪录片的一部分。
10. So do you have to be a stand-up comic or a Pollyanna to be positive?
    那么，要做到乐观向上你必须是一个演独角戏的喜剧演员或盲目乐观的人吗？
11. I don't like the sick humour of some of today's comedy entertainers; I prefer the straightforward approach of a stand-up comedian.
    我不喜欢当今一些喜剧表演者不健康的幽默，我喜欢滑稽说笑喜剧演员的直截了当。
12. But Obama's a stand-up guy, too.
    但奥巴马也是个顶天立地的男子汉！
13. Over the semester, students learn how to interact with audiences, improve and write jokes for stand-up acts.
    整个学期里，学生会学习如何与观众互动，提高演技，为单人表演创作笑料。
14. As well as singing I like to tell stories, and that led to stand-up comedy.
    除了唱歌，我还喜欢讲故事，这让我创作了一部即兴喜剧。
15. But I feel we did a stand-up job of getting as much of their input in as possible.
    但我们尽可能多地采纳，我想工作是经得起考验的。
16. Jim is truly a stand-up man, who gave his full effort to our franchise.
    吉姆真是一个坚强的人，为了我们的成功他倾注全身精力。
17. I never used to like the idea of stand-up comedy.
    我以前并不喜欢单口喜剧这一表演形式。
18. Anthony: Well, my dream is to be a stand-up comedian.
    安东尼：嗯，我的梦想是成为单口相声家。
19. Japan officials get training in stand-up comedy.
    日本官员学喜剧（练沟通技巧）。
20. Work is scheduled, monitored, and run via a "kanban board" and daily stand-up meetings.
    他们通过“看板”和每日站立会议来布置任务，并对其进行监控。
21. And I started this path of stand-up and it was successful and it was great, but it was hard, because I was trying to please everybody and I had this secret that I was keeping, that I was gay.
    之后我开始做脱口秀，很成功，很厉害，但也很难，因为我试图讨好每个人，而我心中有一个秘密：我是同性恋。
22. Edna: You mean a stand-up comedian in front of a live audience?
    艾德娜：你是说在观众面前表演现场脱口秀的喜剧演员吗？
23. Sarah: Are there any movie stars who can do stand-up comedy, sing and act?
    莎朗：有既能演幽默脱口秀又能唱歌和表演的电影明星吗？
24. Early Sun recordings had Elvis on vocals and guitar, backed by another guitar and a stand-up bass.
    太阳公司早期的唱片由猫王主唱兼吉他手，以第二吉他和直立贝斯做背景音乐。
25. On the stage, a stand-up comedian is performing a coarse imitation of President Bush.
    在台上，一位滑稽说笑的戏剧演员正粗劣地模仿布什总统。
26. Even in my first math class, in college, the class loved my stand-up acts, but no one wanted to be friends with me.
    尽管在大学第一节数学课上，全班同学都很喜欢我表演的笑话，但还是没有人愿意和我交朋友。
27. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us.
    医生们一直在研究单口喜剧以及其他形式的喜剧对我们产生什么样的影响。
28. Stand-up guy simply not capable of doing something so horrible, right?
    很显然他做不出这么可怕的事，对么？
29. So it seems their team is able to obtain feedback using the daily stand-up meeting.
    这么看来，该团队似乎是通过每日站立会议的方式得到反馈的。
30. If you want to see Zhou Libo's ongoing stand-up comedy at the Majestic Theater of Shanghai, you'll have to wait for a long time.
    你想去上海美琪大戏院观看正在热映的周立波单口喜剧，恐怕你要等上一段了。

adj

1. requiring a standing position
   1. a stand-up bar
   2. a stand-up comic