picaresque

a. 以无赖和流浪汉的冒险事迹徒为题材的 n. 关于流浪汉及其冒险事迹的小说或其它作品

发音

US /pɪkəˈɹɛsk/
其它
UK /pɪkəˈɹɛsk/

词形变化

picaresques 复数 picaresques more picaresque 比较级 most picaresque 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A picaresque novel.

    流浪汉小说

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.

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词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

dishonest dishonorable

词源

From picaro (“adventurer, rogue”) + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), modelled after Spanish picaresco (“in the style or manner of a picaro; picaresque”), from pícaro (“rogue”) + -esco (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relation). Compare French picaresque (attested later than the English word), Italian picaresco, Portuguese picaresco.

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