单词 | comedy |
释义 | comedycomedy /ˈkɑmədi/ ●●● W3 noun (plural comedies) 1[countable, uncountable] eng. lang. arts a funny movie, television program, play, etc. that makes people laugh, or this type of entertainment: a successful TV comedy Capurro has been doing stand-up comedy (=telling jokes in front of people as a job) for about a year.2[uncountable] the quality in something that makes you laugh SYN humor: Luckily, he could see the comedy in the situation.3a comedy of errors a situation in which a lot of things do not happen the way they should: When the caterer canceled, the wedding turned into a comedy of errors.4a comedy of manners eng. lang. arts a comedy that shows how silly people’s behavior is or can be [Origin: 1300–1400 French comédie, from Latin, from Greek komoidia, from komos having fun, partying + aeidein to sing] → see also black comedy, situation comedy |
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