单词 | transpontine |
释义 | transpontineadj. 1. That is across or over a bridge; spec. on the other side of the bridges in London, i.e. south of the Thames; transferred (from the style of drama in vogue in the 19th century at the ‘Surrey-side’ theatres), melodramatic, sensational. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge > that is across or over a bridge transpontine1844 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama melodramatic1789 cloak and sword1806 melodramic1835 cloak and dagger1841 Adelphi1883 lyceum1898 transpontine1901 Grand Guignolesque1908 Grand Guignolish1908 1844 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Fam. ix, in Bentley's Misc. Mar. 230 It was Monday evening, sacred to the pits and galleries of transpontine theatres. 1860 J. C. Byrne Undercurrents Overlooked I. 78 The..Metropolitan theatres, cispontine and transpontine. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 130 I was wandering in transpontine London one Sunday morning. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 132 Triana, a transpontine suburb [of Seville], is worth a visit in the daytime. 1901 Scotsman 9 Apr. 5/4 A new drama strongly seasoned with transpontine flavour. 2. [ < Latin pontus sea.] That is across the sea; on or from the other side of the ocean, spec. the Atlantic, i.e. North American. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] North American1683 transpontine1891 norteamericano1979 1891 R. L. Stevenson Let. Oct. (1923) XXII. 414 The last four chapters of The Wrecker!.. Ours is such rude, transpontine business. 1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Apr. 232/2 She [sc. an American writer] has investigated her subject with typical transpontine enthusiasm. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 403 Thou sawest thy America, thy lifetask, and didst charge to cover like the transpontine bison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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