单词 | tragedy voice |
释义 | > as lemmastragedy voice b. With the sense ‘typical of a tragic actor or character’; (in early use) ‘grandiose, dignified’ (cf. tragic adj. 2b); (now chiefly) ‘mournful, sorrowful’ (cf. tragic adj. 1b); as tragedy air, tragedy voice, tragedy stalk, tragedy strut, etc. ΚΠ 1714 J. Ozell tr. Molière Misantrope 149 in tr. Molière Wks. III. But what's the Occasion. I beseech you, of these Tragedy-Airs? Have you lost your Senses? 1767 Public Advertiser 3 Feb. Nor would the Audience be quiet 'till Mr. Stayley came forwards, which he did with a true Tragedy Strut. 1848 H. Mayhew Change for Shilling 74 ‘Let me hope every one here will follow my example.’ So saying, I left the shop with a tragedy strut. 1854 Househ. Words 13 May 306/2 I should be rather inclined to describe his gait as a tragedy stalk, like that of a tragedian of very great power at the Victoria Theatre. 1861 M. Eyre Family Hist. I. ii. 54 ‘Go back to your seat,’ said my aunt, in her tragedy voice. 1877 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 3 May 5/3 Among others I noticed a lady of middle age, who came in and out of the dining-room with a tragedy air. 1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester viii. 102 She gazed at me with a tragedy air, wringing her hands. 2010 Observer (Nexis) 5 Dec. 7 ‘Not quite nasal enough,’ thought Coogan. He added more nose for Caine's tragedy voice. ‘She was only 16 years old,’ he said, voice cracking. < as lemmas |
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