单词 | comedy manner |
释义 | > as lemmascomedy manner C2. With the sense ‘belonging to or characteristic of comedy; humorous, entertaining’, as comedy air, comedy manner, comedy walk, etc. ΚΠ 1829 La Belle Assemblée Dec. 286/2 His first scene went off with a light comedy air. 1857 Knickerbocker Sept. 252 The lovers went down on their knees in the most approved sterling comedy manner. 1884 Punch 16 Feb. 76/1 Royal Commission doesn't hurt anybody and may please some, though not Noble Lords in comedy dress. 1947 D. Lean in O. Blakeston Working for Films 29 The answer lies in a very old comedy maxim: Tell them what you're going to do. Do it. Tell them you've done it. 1995 T. Iknoian Fitness Walking iv. 35 Overstriding can turn your walk into a bouncing gallop reminiscent of Groucho Marx's comedy gait. 2008 K. Hopkins Star Child (2009) 125 With bent knees, he did a wobbly comedy walk back over to the line. 2011 Guardian 22 July 16/1 The..realistic, hyperobserved comedy style of TV's The Office. < as lemmas |
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