| 单词 | high comedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh comedy high comedy n. comedy of a sophisticated or intellectual nature (cf. low comedy n. 1); (also) something which is very funny. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical comedy1535 toy1542 jest1602 joke1670 comic1674 high comedy1707 humorous1753 comicality1796 funny1852 funniosity1871 hot sketch1917 pisser1918 riot1919 panic1921 cocasserie1934 yell1938 mess1952 crack-up1961 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > comedy > specific low comedy1608 farce1676 light comedy1698 high comedy1707 comedy of manners1822 comedietta1823 Adelphi screamer1830 commedia dell'arte1877 musical comedy1903 comédie noire1958 alternative comedy1980 1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly Prol. A farce! We shall be mawl'd—At least, I fear it. After high Comedy who'll ever bear it? 'Tis your Oat Ale, or Small Beer, after Claret. 1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres II. 364 We are not talking of low comedy or high comedy, but of the comic only. 1805 Monthly Mirror Feb. 135 Mr. Pritchard, in high comedy, is an excellent actor. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 27 Apr. 549/2 After the exasperatingly bad acting one constantly sees at the theatres where high comedy and ‘drama’ prevail, it is a relief to see even simple work creditably done. 1963 Observer 12 May 28/3 Miss Murdoch is one of the sharpest writers of high comedy at present active in the theatre. 1990 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. May (Corr.) 4/3 Such phrases as ‘the objectivism of the self-expressionistic device’ and the ‘significance of total experience’ are high comedy indeed! 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 Nov. 30 Dame Patricia (as I hereby dub her) has triumphed in Shakespeare at Stratford, in high comedy in the West End, and in Broadway musicals and operetta. < as lemmas |
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