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opera bouffe

/op-er-uh -boof, op-ruh; French aw-pey-ra -boof/US // ˈɒp ər ə ˈbuf, ˈɒp rə; French ɔ peɪ ra ˈbuf //

歌剧院,歌舞剧,戏曲

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·pé·ra bouffes, o·pé·ras bouffe, French o·pé·ras bouffes [aw-pey-ra -boof]. /ɔ peɪ ra ˈbuf/.

    • : a comic opera, especially of farcical character.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.

  • One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.

  • One beginning that amused him takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

  • In June, the executive offices of the Metropolitan Opera were broken into and graffitied with obscene messages.

  • The Metropolitan Opera is the old-school Cadillac of arts institutions.

  • A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

  • At the present time he was trombone in the “Tournée Gulland,” a touring opera company.

  • That you did not steal from her house by a secret passage, on the night of the destruction of the opera-house?

  • Certain evenings during the week she and her husband attended the opera or sometimes the play.

  • Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.