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tetralogy

/te-tral-uh-jee, -trah-luh-/US // tɛˈtræl ə dʒi, -ˈtrɑ lə- //UK // (tɛˈtrælədʒɪ) //

四部曲,四步曲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural te·tral·o·gies.

    • : a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
    • : a group of four dramas, three tragedies and one satyr play, performed consecutively at the festival of Dionysus in ancient Athens.

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Examples

  • It only affected what I chose to write afterwards in terms of the other three books in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy.

  • This series may be divided into two, each forming a tetralogy, or group of four plays.

  • For those who have sensitive feelings the fourth day of the Tetralogy has a depressing effect.

  • The drama itself comes second in the tetralogy of the Ring, being preceded by the Rheingold.

  • But this latter is more properly to be considered as the overture to a trilogy than as the first drama of a tetralogy.

  • "Richard III" is the fourth play of a tetralogy manifestly planned before the earlier members were completed.