Vocabulary

backdrop

背景(はいけい)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
  1. a painted cloth hung across the rear of a stage;
  2. a background in general terms 
  3. the context in a movie or book
舞台(ぶたい)後方(こうほう)()けられた、()(えが)かれた(ぬの)一般(いっぱん)(てき)には背景(はいけい)(まく)のこと。

Examples

  1. The theater crew spent hours painting the sunset backdrop for the second act.
  2. The historical novel unfolds against a tragic backdrop of war.

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