melodrama是什么意思？

melodrama

英[ˈmelədrɑ:mə] 美[ˈmɛləˌdrɑmə, -ˌdræmə]

• n. 情节剧，音乐剧，传奇剧，耸人听闻的事件，闹剧，传奇剧式的事件（或言行）；

复数：melodramas;

例句

• a gripping Victorian melodrama 动人心弦的维多利亚时代情节剧
• The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama. 那段录像里是7分钟极尽夸张搞笑的闹剧表演。
• The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy. 剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧，最后又演变为悲剧。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  (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.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization