comedy 音标拼音: [k'ɑmədi]
n . 喜剧,有趣的事情
喜剧,有趣的事情
comedy n 1 :
light and humorous drama with a happy ending [
ant :
{
tragedy }]
2 :
a comic incident or series of incidents [
synonym : {
drollery },
{
clowning }, {
comedy }, {
funniness }]
Comedy \
Com "
e *
dy \,
n .;
pl . {
Comedies }. [
F .
com ['
e ]
die ,
L .
comoedia ,
fr .
Gr . ?; ?
a jovial festivity with music and dancing ,
a festal procession ,
an ode sung at this procession (
perh .
akin to ?
village ,
E .
home ) ?
to sing ;
for comedy was originally of a lyric character .
See {
Home },
and {
Ode }.]
A dramatic composition ,
or representation of a bright and amusing character ,
based upon the foibles of individuals ,
the manners of society ,
or the ludicrous events or accidents of life ;
a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy ; --
opposed to {
tragedy }.
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With all the vivacity of comedy . --
Macaulay .
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Are come to play a pleasant comedy . --
Shak .
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Drama \
Dra "
ma \ (
dr [
aum ]"
m [.
a ]
or dr [=
a ]"
m [.
a ];
277 ),
n . [
L .
drama ,
Gr .
dra ^
ma ,
fr .
dra ^
n to do ,
act ;
cf .
Lith .
daryti .]
1 .
A composition ,
in prose or poetry ,
accommodated to action ,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life ,
or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest ,
tending toward some striking result .
It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage .
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A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon .
--
Milton .
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2 .
A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest . "
The drama of war ." --
Thackeray .
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Westward the course of empire takes its way ;
The four first acts already past ,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day ;
Time '
s noblest offspring is the last . --
Berkeley .
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The drama and contrivances of God '
s providence .
--
Sharp .
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3 .
Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it ;
dramatic literature .
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Note :
The principal species of the drama are {
tragedy }
and {
comedy };
inferior species are {
tragi -
comedy },
{
melodrama }, {
operas }, {
burlettas },
and {
farces }.
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{
The romantic drama },
the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes ,
and whose plays (
like those of Shakespeare ,
Marlowe ,
and others )
are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage . --
J .
A .
Symonds .
Dramatic 82 Moby Thesaurus words for "
comedy ":
Atticism ,
Thalia ,
agile wit ,
arlequinade ,
black comedy ,
black humor ,
bladder ,
broad comedy ,
burlesque ,
burletta ,
camp ,
cap and bells ,
caricature ,
comedie bouffe ,
comedie larmoyante ,
comedie rosse ,
comedietta ,
comedy ballet ,
comedy of humors ,
comedy of ideas ,
comedy of intrigue ,
comedy of manners ,
comedy of situation ,
comedy relief ,
comic muse ,
comic opera ,
comic relief ,
comicality ,
comicalness ,
coxcomb ,
dark comedy ,
domestic comedy ,
drollery ,
drollness ,
dry wit ,
esprit ,
exode ,
farce ,
farce comedy ,
funniness ,
genteel comedy ,
harlequinade ,
high camp ,
humor ,
humorousness ,
irony ,
lampoon ,
light comedy ,
low camp ,
low comedy ,
mime ,
motley ,
musical ,
musical comedy ,
nimble wit ,
opera buffa ,
parody ,
pleasantry ,
pretty wit ,
quick wit ,
raw comedy ,
ready wit ,
realistic comedy ,
romantic comedy ,
salt ,
sarcasm ,
satire ,
satyr play ,
savor of wit ,
sentimental comedy ,
situation comedy ,
slapstick ,
slapstick comedy ,
slapstick humor ,
sock ,
squib ,
subtle wit ,
tragicomedy ,
travesty ,
visual humor ,
wit ,
wittiness
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