| 单词 | situation comedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmassituation comedy situation comedy n. a comedy in which the humour depends mainly on the situations or circumstances faced by the characters; comedy of this type; (later) a television or radio comedy series involving a regular cast of characters in a succession of amusing situations or circumstances, typically presented in 30-minute episodes and filmed or recorded before a live studio audience; this as a genre; cf. sitcom n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy Old Comedy1529 New Comedy1542 comedy of errors?1595 romantic comedy1748 musical comedy1765 comédie larmoyante1773 sketch1789 serio-comedy1808 vaudeville1827 teacup-and-saucer comedy1842 satyr play1845 Restoration comedy1866 zarzuela1888 situation comedy1893 sex comedy1915 sitcom1956 1893 Manch. Guardian 23 Oct. 7/2 The play [sc. Berlioz's ‘Benvenuto Cellini’] is a ‘situation comedy’ of the old style. 1915 Movie Mag. July 30/1 Proving beyond any question of doubt the fallacy of the assertion that a legitimate, high class, situation comedy of more than two reels cannot be successfully done. 1953 TV Guide (U.S.) 23 Oct. (N.Y. Metro ed.) 19/1 Ever since I love Lucy zoomed to the top rung on the rating ladder, it seems the networks have been filling every available half-hour with another situation comedy. 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 161/1 The two best situation-comedy shows this country has ever produced are..Steptoe and Son and..Till Death Us Do Part. 1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 13 Cheers came along at a time when British situation comedy..was at its lowest ebb. 2002 S. Tropiano Prime Time Closet iv. 185 Television situation comedies follow a relatively simple format: a conflict or dilemma is introduced, the characters exchange one-liners as they work toward a solution, and, thirty minutes later, all problems are resolved. < as lemmas |
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