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tragicomedy

/traj-i-kom-i-dee/US // ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ di //UK // (ˌtrædʒɪˈkɒmɪdɪ) //

悲喜剧,悲壮的喜剧,悲惨喜剧,悲情喜剧

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural trag·i·com·e·dies.

    • : a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
    • : an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character.

Examples

  • The tragicomedy of U.S. politics is that we really do get the government we deserve.

  • Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.

  • The distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.

  • For a time it is mainly confined to romantic comedy, but it soon enters into tragedy and tragicomedy.

  • At the opening of the theatres, tragedy and tragicomedy took up their courses about where they had left off.

  • This tragicomedy, as Lamb called it, in two acts, is slighter than "Woodvil" and even less adapted to the stage.