Vaudeville
['vɔːdəvɪl;'vəʊd-] or ['vɔdəvɪl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
(n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.
艾比校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Fr.] Ballad, street song, trivial strain, light song.
錄入:玛丽
解釋/意思:
n. originally a popular song with topical allusions: a play interspersed with dances and songs incidentally introduced and usually comic.—n. Vaude′villist a composer of these.
錄入:勒达
娱乐性解釋/意思：
From Lat. vaut, good for, and villageois, countryman. Good for countrymen.
編輯:雷金纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- It was a surprise: they had not expected the Englishwoman would play in a _vaudeville_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I did not care for the vaudeville. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Without answering directly, he went on, Were you not gratified when you succeeded in that vaudeville? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Barnum had a few; the vaudeville stage has a number. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
整理:罗伯塔