melodrama
英['melə(ʊ)drɑːmə]
美['mɛlədrɑmə]
- n. 情节剧；音乐剧；耸人听闻的事件，闹剧
词态变化
复数: melodramas;
中文词源
melodrama 情节剧，通俗剧
来自法语melodrame,歌舞剧，来自希腊语melos,歌，词源同melody,韵律，旋律，drama,戏剧。后引申词义浪漫爱情歌舞剧，夸张的爱情剧，情节剧，通俗剧等。
英文词源
- melodrama (n.)
- 1784 (1782 as melo drame), "a stage-play in which songs were interspersed and music accompanied the action," from French mélodrame (18c.), from Greek melos "song" (see melody) + French drame "drama" (see drama). Meaning "a romantic and sensational dramatic piece with a happy ending" is from 1883, because this was often the form of the original melodramas. Also from French are Spanish melodrama, Italian melodramma, German melodram. Related: Melodramatize.
The melodramatist's task is to get his characters labelled good & wicked in his audience's minds, & to provide striking situations that shall provoke & relieve anxieties on behalf of poetic justice. [Fowler]
双语例句
- 1. The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
- 那段录像里是7分钟极尽夸张搞笑的闹剧表演。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy.
- 剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧，最后又演变为悲剧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. a gripping Victorian melodrama
- 动人心弦的维多利亚时代情节剧
来自《权威词典》
- 4. And sadly, there is hypocrisy all around in this melodrama.
- 令人悲哀的是, 这场闹剧中充满了只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯的双重标准.
来自互联网
- 5. It had all the elements of melodrama you could want.
- 这其中你可以找到你想要看的情节紧张剧中的一切要素.
来自互联网