英汉词典

comedy 基本解释

• n. 喜剧；喜剧性；有趣的事情

comedy 词态变化

comedy 中文词源

com, 缩写自希腊文komos, 欢乐，伴侣，来自com-, 强调 ，一起，-it, 走，即走到一起，聚会。 -edy, 词源同ode, 颂诗，颂歌。

comedy 英文词源

comedy

comedy: [14] Comedy is of Greek origin. It comes ultimately from Greek kōmos ‘revelry’. This appears to have been combined with ōidós ‘singer, poet’ (a derivative of aeídein ‘sing’, source of English ode and odeon) to produce kōmōidós, literally ‘singer in the revels’, hence ‘actor in a light amusing play’. From this was derived kōmōidíā, which came to English via Latin cōmoedia and Old French comedie.
=> encomium, ode

comedy (n.)

late 14c., from Old French comedie (14c., "a poem," not in the theatrical sense), from Latin comoedia, from Greek komoidia "a comedy, amusing spectacle," probably from komodios "actor or singer in the revels," from komos "revel, carousal, merry-making, festival," + aoidos "singer, poet," from aeidein "to sing," related to oide (see ode).

The passage on the nature of comedy in the Poetic of Aristotle is unfortunately lost, but if we can trust stray hints on the subject, his definition of comedy (which applied mainly to Menander) ran parallel to that of tragedy, and described the art as a purification of certain affections of our nature, not by terror and pity, but by laughter and ridicule. [Rev. J.P. Mahaffy, "A History of Classical Greek Literature," London, 1895]

The classical sense of the word, then, was "amusing play or performance," which is similar to the modern one, but in the Middle Ages the word came to mean poems and stories generally (albeit ones with happy endings), and the earliest English sense is "narrative poem" (such as Dante's "Commedia"). Generalized sense of "quality of being amusing" dates from 1877.

Comedy aims at entertaining by the fidelity with which it presents life as we know it, farce at raising laughter by the outrageous absurdity of the situation or characters exhibited, & burlesque at tickling the fancy of the audience by caricaturing plays or actors with whose style it is familiar. [Fowler]

comedy 词组搭配

comedy 英文释义

1. light and humorous drama with a happy ending

2. a comic incident or series of incidents

comedy 双语例句

1. Paul is a thoroughly likeable man with an unerring sense of comedy.

保罗十分讨人喜欢，开玩笑时很有分寸。

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2. Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.

演员多姆·德卢西谈论自己的喜剧生涯。

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3. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.

这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。

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4. This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts.

今年除了那些搞笑短剧外，还会有众多乐队登台献艺。

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5. The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean's comedy "The Man from Clare".

盖伊提剧院正在重新上演约翰·B.基恩的喜剧《来自克莱尔的人》。

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comedy 实用场景例句

a romantic comedy

浪漫喜剧

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slapstick comedy

打闹剧

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He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.

他未领略到这种局面的滑稽可笑之处。

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Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.

演员多姆·德卢西谈论自己的喜剧生涯。

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...a TV comedy series.

电视喜剧连续剧

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Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits.

杰姬觉得自己的百万富翁丈夫的一些节俭习惯很是滑稽。

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The production of the musical comedy was a scenic triumph.

该音乐喜剧的制作是戏剧上的一大成功.

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The children succeeded in playing out the comedy within two hours.

孩子们成功地在两小时内演完那出喜剧.

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The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy.

这部电影同样带有浓厚的喜剧色彩.

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Her performance in that play really put her on the map as a comedy actress.

她在那出喜剧中当演员而一举成名.

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At last he saw the comedy of the situation and laughed.

他最后看出这一场面的喜剧性,于是笑了.

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Our school dramas tend towards comedy and farce.

我们学校编排的戏剧倾向于喜剧和滑稽剧.

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He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.

他未领略到这种局面的滑稽可笑之处。

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the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy

劳莱和哈代这对喜剧搭档

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a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy

偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧

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Paul is a thoroughly likeable man with an unerring sense of comedy.

保罗十分讨人喜欢，开玩笑时很有分寸。

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This delightful musical comedy transports the audience to the innocent days of 1950s America.

这部令人开怀的音乐喜剧把观众带到了20世纪50年代美国的纯真时期。

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By now Murphy is Hollywood'stop male comedy star.

墨菲现在已经是好莱坞的一线男喜剧明星了。

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He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.

他偶尔会表演单口喜剧赚取外快。

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Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.

演员多姆·德卢西谈论自己的喜剧生涯。

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This is vintage comedy at its best.

这是这类喜剧中的代表性作品。

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This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.

这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。

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In the mid 70s, Morrison planned a comedy album. The project fell by the wayside.

70年代中期莫里森打算出部喜剧专辑。该计划后来夭折了。

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The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean's comedy "The Man from Clare".

盖伊提剧院正在重新上演约翰·B.基恩的喜剧《来自克莱尔的人》。

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The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.

事实上，我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。

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It is his most mature comedy yet.

这是他迄今最成熟的喜剧作品。

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I don't look down my nose at comedy.

我并不轻视喜剧。

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Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act.

布兰德自1986年以来一直在俱乐部和酒吧表演，提高她的喜剧演技。

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