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picaresque

/pik-uh-resk/US // ˌpɪk əˈrɛsk //UK // (ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk) //

比喻性的,比喻性,比喻性的语言,比喻性的故事

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
    • : of, relating to, or resembling rogues.

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Examples

  • That choice fits the comic’s loose, rambling picaresque, where getting too serious too often would harsh what’s compelling about the story, which is a group of characters bonding during the end of the world.

  • Like its groundbreaking predecessor, “Subsequent Moviefilm” is a raunchy, sharply political picaresque through the American heartland.

  • That said, Waters has come a long way since the picaresque adventures of Nan and Kitty.

  • The picaresque escapades and legendary extravagances of the brothers are indulged with a collective wink.

  • They appear in alternate performances in a wonderfully picaresque Waiting for Godot.

  • Adam and Evelyn A romantic picaresque tale against the backdrop of a divided Germany.

  • Then there were some of the writers of the picaresque novels.

  • Even regarded as an early attempt in the "picaresque" manner, it is abortive and only half organised.

  • The tone of the Spanish and French picaresque novel had never been high: but it is curiously degraded in this English example.

  • It belongs to that class of novel known as picaresque—romances of adventures and battles.

  • A picaresque novel is only a very eventful biography; but the opening of Bleak House is quite another business altogether.