| 释义 |
pic·a·resque
I. \|pikə|resk sometimes |pēk-\ adjective
Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro rogue + -esco -esque
: of, relating to, or characteristic of rogues or rascals; specifically : relating to or being a type of prose fiction of Spanish origin in modern literature in which the principal character is a rogue or vagabond and the narrative is a series of incidents or episodes connected chronologically but with little or no motivation or complication of plot
< picaresque novel >
< picaresque career >
< waifs of the picaresque tradition — Asher Brunes >
II. noun
(-s)
: someone or something that is picaresque
< forming a kind of children's picaresque of loosely connected episodes — Irving Howe > |