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单词 petite pièce
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petite piècen.

Brit. /pəˌtiːt piːˈɛs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdi piˈɛs/, /pəˌti(t) piˈɛs/
Inflections: Plural petites pièces, petite pièces.
Forms: 1700s–1800s petite piece, 1800s– petite pièce.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite pièce.
Etymology: Apparently < French petite pièce (though neither of the specific senses is recorded in dictionaries of French) < petite , feminine of petit (see petit adj.) + pièce piece n.
1. A minor dramatic performance.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play
king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 341. ¶9 [The French] always close their Tragick Entertainments with what they call a Petite Piece.
1759 P. Hiffernan (title) The Lady's choice, a petite piece of two acts.
1805 E. C. Knight Jrnl. 26 Jan. in C. Knight Autobiogr. (1861) II. xi. 261 Two German ‘petites pièces’ were extremely well acted by..little children.
1859 Brit. Drama I. 108 In spite of the impossible absurdity whence all the characters derive their origin, this petite piece is tolerated and even seen with pleasure, from the easy humour of the dialogue.
1997 French Rev. 70 597 A variety of shorter works, in often surprising combinations—of course farces and other ‘petite pièces’ after tragedies, but also dancing, singing, or acrobatics before or in between the acts of Racine's tragedies.
2. In plural. The minor works of an author. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > the writings of an author > minor
petite pièces1797
1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 155/2 The petite pieces of this eminent writer [sc. Dryden]..are too numerous to specify here.
1825 Ld. Jeffrey Ess. (1844) I. 265 [They] composed a variety of petite pieces, and novels of polite gallantry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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