comedy

comedy
(pl. -ies)
  1. [mass noun]professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
    喜剧；滑稽剧
    ■[count noun]a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh
    滑稽（或喜剧）电影（或戏剧、广播节目）
    [as modifier]a comedy film.
    喜剧电影。
    ■the style or genre of such types of entertainment
    滑稽风格；喜剧风格
    ■the humorous or amusing aspects of something
    喜剧因素；幽默成分；有趣之处
    advertising people see the comedy in their work.
    广告人看到了他们工作中的有趣之处。
    ■[count noun]a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
    喜剧
    ■the dramatic genre represented by such plays
    （戏剧流派）喜剧。 比较 tragedy （义项2）
    satiric comedy.
    讽刺喜剧。
派生
comedic
[kəˈmiːdɪk, -ˈmɛ-]
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy): from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos 'comic poet', from kōmos 'revel' + aoidos 'singer'
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