slapstick

n. 闹剧, 趣剧

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slapsticks 复数 slapsticks

别名

slap-stick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.

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  2. 2.

    A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

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词汇关系

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comedy

词源

From slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

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