vaudeville

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/|/ˈvəʊd.vɪl/    美 /ˈvɔː.d(ə)ˌvɪl/|/-vəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. historical,uncountable
    — Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.
  2. An entertainment in this style. countable,historical
    — “Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes.

词形变化

vaudevilles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
vaudeville blues vaudevillian

词源

Etymology tree
French vaudevillebor.
English vaudeville
Borrowed from French vaudeville.
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