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bathos

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ba·thos /ˈbeɪθɒs $ -θɑːs/ noun [uncountable] formal  ALORDINARYin writing, a play etc, a sudden change from a subject that is beautiful, moral, or serious to something that is ordinary, silly, or not important 突降法〔指作品内容突然由美好、严肃变成平庸可笑〕see thesaurus at language
Examples from the Corpus
bathosThe endearing bathos and crassness of Laurel found an admirable foil in the elephantine smugness of his rotund partner.There had been no mad paroxysm of love, with the inevitable bathos.But Phillips' gift is in deftly leavening bathos with pathos.Such titles and ornamentation can create the effect of bathos, or comic undermining of what you do achieve.a drama that is full of bathosSkillfully using bathos, he emptied the story of any heroic dimensions and converted it into farce.
Origin bathos (1700-1800) Greek depth, from bathys deep
ba·thos nounChineseSyllable
sudden subject a a writing, in a change Corpus play from etc,


bathos
bathos /ˈbeɪθɒs $ -θɑːs/ noun [uncountable] formal
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Greek
 Origin: 'depth', from bathys 'deep'
in writing, a play etc, a sudden change from a subject that is beautiful, moral, or serious to something that is ordinary, silly, or not important
     
THESAURUS
■ techniques used in language
    metaphor a way of describing something by referring to it as something different and suggesting that it has similar qualities to that thing: The beehive is a metaphor for human society.
    simile an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else, using the words as or like, for example ‘as white as snow’: The poet uses the simile ‘soft like clay’.
    irony the use of words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in order to be amusing: ‘I’m so happy to hear that,’ he said, with more than a trace of irony in his voice.
    bathos a sudden change from a subject that is beautiful, moral, or serious to something that is ordinary, silly, or not important: The play is too sentimental and full of bathos.
    hyperbole a way of describing something by saying that it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is – used especially to excite people’s feelings: In his speeches, he used a lot of hyperbole. | journalistic hyperbole
    alliteration the use of several words together that all begin with the same sound, in order to make a special effect, especially in poetry: the alliteration of the ‘s’ sound in ‘sweet birds sang softly’
    imagery the use of words to describe ideas or actions in a way that makes the reader connect the ideas with pictures in their mind: the use of water imagery in Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ | She uses the imagery of a bird’s song to represent eternal hope.
    rhetorical question a question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer: When he said ‘how can these attitudes still exist in a civilized society?’, he was asking a rhetorical question.


bathosBrE /ˈbeɪθɒs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbeɪθɑːs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) (in writing or speech 写作或演讲) a sudden change, that is not always intended, from a serious subject or feeling to sth that is silly or not important 突降(严肃的内容突然变得荒谬,常非出自本意)