n.[C]

1. 舞台
   Some girls are dancing on the stage.

   一些女孩在舞台上跳舞。

2. 戏剧，戏剧艺术；演戏；戏剧界[the S]
   Novels are often adapted for the stage.

   小说常常改编为戏剧。

3. 注意中心，活动舞台，场所
4. （进展的）阶段；时期
   A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.

   毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

5. 站，驿站；二驿站间的距离，行程
6. 公共马车；公共汽车
7. （宝塔等的）层，级；足台；搭脚架
8. 【地】阶；期
9. （显微镜）镜台

vt.

1. 把……搬上舞台，上演
   The city was staging Hamlet.

   该城市正在上演《哈姆雷特》。

2. 筹划；举行，发动
   They decided to stage a general strike.

   他们决定举行总罢工。

vi.

1. （剧本）适于上演
   The script staged pretty well.

   这剧本舞台演出效果甚好。

2. 乘公共马车旅行

n.

1. a point, period, or step in a process or development.
   ▸a section of a journey or race.
2. a raised floor or platform on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.
   ▸ (the stage) the acting or theatrical profession.
3. a scene of action or forum of debate.
4. a floor of a building.
5. each of two or more sections of a rocket or spacecraft that are jettisoned in turn when their propellant is exhausted.
6. Electronics  a part of a circuit containing a single amplifying transistor or valve.
7. a raised plate on a microscope on which a slide or specimen is placed for examination.
8. Geology  a range of strata corresponding to an age in time, forming a subdivision of a series.
9. historical a stagecoach.

v.

1. present a performance of (a play or other show).
   ▸organize and participate in (a public event).
   ▸cause (something dramatic or unexpected) to happen.
2. Medicine  assign (a disease or patient) to a stage in a process.