soliloquy

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so·lil·o·quy /səˈlɪləkwi/ noun (plural soliloquies) [countable, uncountable]  ALAPTa speech in a play in which a character, usually alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts 〔戏剧中的〕独白 → monologue —soliloquize /-kwaɪz/ verb [intransitive]

Examples from the Corpus

soliloquy• The second actor, the accused, immediately begins a soliloquy of defence.• Terentia goes offstage, and in a soliloquy, Dycarbas explains his actions.• We should hope that Hughes, having taken his soliloquy, will one day transcribe more of these asides.• My own soliloquy, my own trial came with that offer.• One way of doing this is to use the soliloquy or aside, such flexible resources on the Elizabethan stage.• But Pauline Daniels has created a whole new interpretation of the uproarious soliloquy.Origin soliloquy (1300-1400) Late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ( → SOLE1) + loqui “to speak”

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soliloquy
so‧lil‧o‧quy /səˈlɪləkwi/ noun (plural soliloquies) [uncountable and countable]a speech in a play in which a character, usually alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts ⇨ monologue
—soliloquize /-kwaɪz/ verb [intransitive]

so·lilo·quyBrE /səˈlɪləkwi/ 🔊NAmE /səˈlɪləkwi/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (

plural

so·lilo·quies) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way 独白（的台词）；独白◆Hamlet's famous soliloquy, 'To be or not to be…'哈姆雷特那段 “生存还是毁灭…” 的著名独白◆the playwright's use of soliloquy这位剧作家对于独白的运用  ➡  compare monologue

comedy, denouement, dialogue, drama, dramatic irony, play, scene, set, soliloquy, speech

▸ so·lilo·quize, so·lilo·quise BrE /səˈlɪləkwaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /səˈlɪləkwaɪz/ 🔊 verb [intransitive]