comedy of errors

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒmɪdi əv ˈɛɹəz/    美 /ˌkɑmədi əv ˈɛɹəɹz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc. also
    — [I]n ſome comedyes of Errors, […] the Miſtres and the Maide change habits […]
  2. A series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes. broadly,idiomatic
    — It ſhall not be amiſſe (for him that vvill read) firſt to beholde this ſhort Comedy of Errors, and vvhere the greateſt enter, to giue them inſtead of a hiſſe, a gentle correction.

词形变化

comedies of errors plural

词源

From comedy + of + errors, probably coined by the English playwright William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616) as the title of the play The Comedy of Errors (written c. 1594; published 1623), about two sets of identical twins separated at birth who are involved in a series of mistaken identities.
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