horse opera

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western. idiomatic
    — Three new examples of Hollywood's staple commodity, the horse opera, all filmed in color, contain the full quota of galloping and gunplay.
  2. An equestrian show, as in a circus. archaic,idiomatic
    — The Ravels, after having played a successful engagement at the Metropolitan, closed last evening, and sail to-day for New-Orleans, and now we have no amusement but nigger minstrels and the horse opera—i.e., circus.

词形变化

horse operas plural horse-opera alternative
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