melodrama
英 ['mel?(?)drɑ?m?]
美['m?l?drɑm?]
- n. 情節(jié)??；音樂(lè)??；聳人聽(tīng)聞的事件，鬧劇
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?melodramas;
中文詞源
melodrama 情節(jié)劇，通俗劇
來(lái)自法語(yǔ)melodrame,歌舞劇，來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)melos,歌，詞源同melody,韻律，旋律，drama,戲劇。后引申詞義浪漫愛(ài)情歌舞劇，夸張的愛(ài)情劇，情節(jié)劇，通俗劇等。
英文詞源
- 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]