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tragedian

/truh-jee-dee-uhn/US // trəˈdʒi di ən //UK // (trəˈdʒiːdɪən) //

悲剧演员,悲剧人物,悲剧者,悲剧家

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an actor especially noted for performing tragic roles.
    • : a writer of tragedy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behavior.

  • It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.

  • Any one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.

  • Barton Booth died; a celebrated tragedian in the reign of queen Anne, author of some songs and minor pieces.

  • Dumas dwells especially on the voice of the great tragedian—a voice that was glorious and sincere, and in anguish was a sob.

  • Speak of his early life as a strolling player, his failure as a tragedian and his success in comedy.