cothurnus

n. 悲剧

词形变化

cothurni 复数 cothurni

别名

cothurn kothornos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A buskin used in ancient tragedy.

  2. 2.

    The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.

    比喻

    Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus.

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin cothurnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).

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