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tragedies 音标拼音: [tr'ædʒədiz] Tragedy \ Trag" e* dy\, n.; pl. { Tragedies}. [ OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. trag[' e] die, L. tragoedia, Gr. ?, fr. ? a tragic poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; ? a goat ( perhaps akin to ? to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) ? to sing; from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed, or because a goat was the prize, or because the actors were clothed in goatskins. See { Ode}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. [ 1913 Webster] Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] All our tragedies are of kings and princes. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence. [ 1913 Webster] Tragic
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