tragicomedy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/    美 /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. uncountable
  2. A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. countable
    — This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.

词形变化

tragicomedies plural comicotragedy alternative comitragedy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
tragicomedian tragicomedic tragicomedienne tragicomic tragicomical tragicomically
相关词
dramedy seriocomic

词源

Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, with haplology.
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