melodrama
melodrama
noun
melodramatist
noun
melodramatize
verb
noun
- a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions
传奇剧，情节剧；煽情剧作
■[mass noun]the genre of drama of this type
传奇剧（样式)，情节剧（样式）
■[mass noun]language, behaviour, or events that resemble drama of this kind
煽情的语言（或行为、事件）
what little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama.
对他早年生活的些微了解包藏在夸大的描写之中。 - (historical)a play interspersed with songs and orchestral music accompanying the action
(史)音乐戏剧
melodramatist
noun
melodramatize
verb
- (亦作 -ise)
- early 19th cent.: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos 'music' + French drame 'drama'
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