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tragedian

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Theatre, Literature
tra·ge·di·an /trəˈdʒiːdiən/ noun [countable]  formalAPTAL an actor or writer of tragedy 悲剧演员;悲剧作家 comedian
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tragedianHe kept referring to Wehman as a tragedian.Mones held himself as stiffly as a nineteenth-century tragedian, and filled his lines with sentiment.I knew what Aristophanes had said, what Agathon, the tragedian, had said, what Alcibiades had said.After Homer, the tragedians of fifth-century Athens reveal a dualist universe in which Zeus is transcendent and man introspective.If there were tragedy clubs at which people came to watch stand-up tragedians, Mr Brown would be a star.
tra·ge·di·an nounChineseSyllable
actor or Corpus writer of an tragedy


tragedian
tragedian /trəˈdʒiːdiən/ noun [countable]
formal an actor or writer of tragedy ⇨ comedian


tra·gedianBrE /trəˈdʒiːdiən/ 🔊NAmE /trəˈdʒiːdiən/ 🔊 noun (formal) a person who writes tragedies for the theatre 悲剧作家an actor in tragedies 悲剧演员