| 单词 | trouser role |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrouser role trouser role n. a dramatic or theatrical role in which a woman appears in male character or costume; esp. (in opera) a young male role sung by a woman, typically a contralto or mezzo-soprano.Cf. breeches-part n. at breech n. Compounds 2c, pants role n. at pants n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1897 Globe 5 Aug. 6/1 Miss Florence Lloyd follows Miss Phyllis Broughton as Lord Clanside; she already has experience—at the Vaudeville—of a ‘coat-and-trouser’ rôle. 1903 Vogue 24 Sept. 307/2 Miss [Vesta] Tilley, who is not accustomed to skirt-wearing on the stage, is quoted as expressing her gratification at the opportunity to appear in a nearly non-trouser role.] 1914 (film title) Lola's trouser role [Ger. Lolas Hosenrolle]. 2000 New Republic 4 Oct. 36/2 In preparation for playing Viola, she performed Shakespeare's other major trouser-role. 2004 Opera News Aug. 67/3 In..Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice as Amor, Marion Harousseau has the buzzing vibrato we associate with trouser roles. < as lemmas |
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