sardoodledom

n. mechanically contrived plot structure and stereotyped or unrealistic characterization in drama; 萨尔都式

发音

其它 /sɑː(ɹ)ˈduːdəldəm/

别名

Sardoodledom

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant, or melodramatic plots.

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词源

Blend of Sardou + doodle + -dom, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou. Coined by Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist George Bernard Shaw who first used it on the 1 June, 1895 in the Saturday Review when criticising Sardou's well-made plays.

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