| 单词 | comic-serious |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomic-serious a. In combination with other adjectives, with the sense ‘comic and ——’, as comic-heroic, comic-serious, comic-tragic, etc. Cf. comico- comb. form. ΚΠ 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 108 This Comique Tragicall Doctrine of Purgatory. 1718 Evening Post 11 Dec. 3/1 The Usurper detected, or Right will prevail, a Comic-Tragical Farce of 2 acts. 1790 F. Burney Diary Oct. (1842) V. 166 His comic-serious face and manner. 1847 J. Pardoe Louis XIV II. xxv. 582 (note) Boileau was the author of the comic-heroic poem in six cantos, of The Reading Desk. 1978 M. Klein Theatre for 98% v. 47 They are comic-tragic creatures performing their daily round of activities. 2012 J. Smith John Brunner ii. 64 Writers..began to satirize utopian ideals, often in a comic-serious manner. < as lemmas |
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