| 单词 | dramatis personae |
| 释义 | dramatis personae[ dram-uh-tis per-soh-nee, drah-muh- ] / ˈdræm ə tɪs pərˈsoʊ ni, ˈdrɑ mə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dramatis personae ON THESAURUS.COM noun(used with a plural verb) the characters in a play. (used with a singular verb) a list of the characters preceding the text of a play. Origin of dramatis personae1720–30; <Latin: characters of the play Words nearby dramatis personaedramatic, dramatic irony, dramatic monologue, dramatics, dramatic unities, dramatis personae, dramatist, dramatization, dramatize, dramaturge, dramaturgy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dramatis personaedramatis personae / (ˈdrɑːmətɪs pəˈsəʊnaɪ) / pl n (often functioning as singular)the characters or a list of characters in a play or story the main personalities in any situation or event Word Origin for dramatis personaeC18: from New Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for dramatis personaedramatis personae [ (dram-uh-tis puhr-soh-nee, drah-muh-tis puhr-soh-neye) ] A Latin expression for “cast of characters.” It means literally “the persons of the drama” and is occasionally used at the beginning of scripts for plays as the title of the list of characters. notes for dramatis personaeIn general, the “dramatis personae” are the participants in an event: “Winston Churchill, Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin were the dramatis personae at the Yalta Conference.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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