走上舞台的小角色
最字面的一支：真的走上台，然後走下去。
noun · B2
A small part in a play, film or TV show in which the actor appears on stage or on screen but has no words to say; also the actor who plays such a part.
龍套角色
核心畫面
One way to hold this word is to picture someone on from the side — onto a stage, onto a field, onto a boat — without the arrangement that usually comes first. No lines were learned, no scholarship was offered, no seat was booked. They are really there and really part of it; they simply came in by the short way, on their own feet.
可以想成一個人從旁邊走進來：走上舞台、走上球場、走上船。前面那一套安排都沒有——沒有背台詞，沒有拿獎學金，沒有訂位子…更多收起
可以想成一個人從旁邊走進來：走上舞台、走上球場、走上船。前面那一套安排都沒有——沒有背台詞，沒有拿獎學金，沒有訂位子。他確實在場上，也確實是其中一員，只是走的是最短的那條路，靠自己的腳走進來。Two branches
沒有事先安排就加入
把「走上去」從舞台搬到球隊和碼頭：地方換了，那個「自己走進來、沒有人先替你安排」的感覺留著。
noun · B2
In American college sport, a player who joins a team and plays for it without having been given a sports scholarship, and usually without having been asked to join by the coaches.
非獎學金球員