stage

[steɪdʒ]
n
a distinct step or period of development, growth, or progress
a child at the toddling stage
a raised area or platform
the platform in a theatre where actors perform
any scene regarded as a setting for an event or action
a portion of a journey or a stopping place after such a portion
short for stagecoach
a division of a bus route for which there is a fixed fare
one of the separate propulsion units of a rocket that can be jettisoned when it has burnt outSee multistage
any of the various distinct periods of growth or development in the life of an organism, esp an insect
pupal stage
the organism itself at such a period of growth
a small stratigraphical unit; a subdivision of a rock series or system
the platform on a microscope on which the specimen is mounted for examination
a part of a complex circuit, esp one of a number of transistors with the associated elements required to amplify a signal in an amplifier
a university subject studied for one academic year
Stage II French
vb
to perform (a play), esp on a stage
we are going to stage ``Hamlet''
to set the action of (a play) in a particular time or place
to plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
to travel by stagecoach
- 习惯用语
- the stage the theatre as a profession
- by easy stages not hurriedly
- in easy stages 同