actor

汉语翻译：
n. 男演员, 行动者
【医】 作用物, 反应物词意辨析：
actor, player, performer这些名词均有“演员”之意
actor: 指在舞台剧、电影、电视剧或广播剧中以演出为职业的男演员，侧重扮演的角色。
player: 侧重指职业或业余舞台演员。
performer: 使用广泛，不仅可指舞台或影视演员，而且可指舞蹈演员、乐器演奏等的演员，侧重在观众面前的实际表演。英语解释：
名词 actor:

a theatrical performer同义词：histrion, player, thespian, role player

a person who acts and gets things done同义词：doer, worker

The film director put the new actor through his paces.电影导演测试了一下那位新演员的演技。

The young actor pretended to be Hamlet.那个年轻演员扮演哈姆雷特。

John promises well as an actor.约翰有希望成为演员。

His wish to be an actor has come true.他想当演员的愿望实现了。

British actor and theatrical producer who founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art(1904).特里，赫伯特·比尔博姆1853－1917英国演员和戏剧制作人，他创立了皇家戏剧学院(1904年)

The actor coast ed to stardom on his father's name.那位男演员靠父亲的名誉一帆风顺地成了明星。

She's taken up with an unemployed actor.她跟一个失业的男演员混得很熟了。

He is a successful character actor.他是一个成功的性格演员。