melodramas

英 [ˈmɛləʊˌdrɑːməz] 美 [ˈmɛləˌdrɑməz]

n.  情节剧; 通俗剧; 情节剧式故事(或小说); 戏剧性的事件(或行为等); 过于夸大的事件(或行为等)
melodrama的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. (情节离奇而夸张的)惊险故事,传奇剧,情节剧
    A melodrama is a story or play in which there are a lot of exciting or sad events and in which people's emotions are very exaggerated.

    双语例句

    1. Take a few steps, and you come upon that fatal Rue Croulebarbe, where Ulbach stabbed the goat-girl of Ivry to the sound of thunder, as in the melodramas.
      你再向前走几步,便到了那条不祥的落须街,在那街上,于尔巴克,曾象演剧似的,趁着雷声,一刀子刺杀了伊夫里的一个牧羊女。
    2. The play was the first in a long line of popular melodramas with piratical themes.
      在比赛中的第一个长长的流行情节剧的海盗主题。
    3. At one time there were even eight theaters in the area presenting Yiddish-language productions of musicals, revues, and heart-wrenching melodramas.
      在那里,甚至曾一度出现过8家剧院,上演着意第绪语的音乐剧、时俗讽刺剧、纠人心扉的情节剧等作品。