tragedies 音标拼音: [tr'ædʒədiz]
Tragedy \
Trag "
e *
dy \,
n .;
pl . {
Tragedies }. [
OE .
tragedie ,
OF .
tragedie ,
F .
trag ['
e ]
die ,
L .
tragoedia ,
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
a tragic poet and singer ,
originally ,
a goat singer ; ?
a goat (
perhaps akin to ?
to gnaw ,
nibble ,
eat ,
and E .
trout ) ?
to sing ;
from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed ,
or because a goat was the prize ,
or because the actors were clothed in goatskins .
See {
Ode }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
A dramatic poem ,
composed in elevated style ,
representing a signal action performed by some person or persons ,
and having a fatal issue ;
that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life .
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1913 Webster ]
Tragedy is to say a certain storie ,
As olde bookes maken us memorie ,
Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly . --
Chaucer .
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All our tragedies are of kings and princes . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest ;
comedy is poetry in unlimited jest . --
Coleridge .
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2 .
A fatal and mournful event ;
any event in which human lives are lost by human violence ,
more especially by unauthorized violence .
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1913 Webster ]
Tragic
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