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tragedy 音标拼音: [tr'ædʒədi] n. 悲剧;惨事,惨案,灾难 悲剧;惨事,惨案,灾难 tragedy n 1: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; " the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; " the earthquake was a disaster" [ synonym: { calamity}, { catastrophe}, { disaster}, { tragedy}, { cataclysm}] 2: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity [ ant: { comedy}] 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
Drama \ Dra" ma\ ( dr[ aum]" m[. a] or dr[= a]" m[. a]; 277), n. [ L. drama, Gr. dra^ ma, fr. dra^ n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.] 1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. [ 1913 Webster] A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. " The drama of war." -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time' s noblest offspring is the last. -- Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster] The drama and contrivances of God' s providence. -- Sharp. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The principal species of the drama are { tragedy} and { comedy}; inferior species are { tragi- comedy}, { melodrama}, { operas}, { burlettas}, and { farces}. [ 1913 Webster] { The romantic drama}, the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays ( like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage. -- J. A. Symonds. Dramatic45 Moby Thesaurus words for " tragedy": Aeschylean tragedy, Euripidean tragedy, Greek tragedy, Melpomene, Renaissance tragedy, Senecan tragedy, Sophoclean tragedy, accident, adversity, blow, buskin, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, cothurnus, crack- up, crash, curse, disaster, dole, domestic tragedy, grief, ill hap, lot, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, revenge tragedy, romantic tragedy, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragic drama, tragic flaw, tragic muse, unluckiness, wreck
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