| 释义 |
Pythonesque, a.|paɪθəˈnɛsk|
[-esque.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a popular British television comedy series of the 1970s, noted esp. for its absurdist or surrealistic humour.
1975Guardian 18 Oct. 8/1 A range of comic methods that stretches from Pythonesque funny walks..to comedy of manners. 1977Time Out 17 June 9/1 It veered from the Pythonesque, mostly due to the presence of the Cleese-like Julian Hough, to the twee. 1979Listener 28 June 873/2 It is doubtful if anyone looked up a dictionary for a definition of ‘python’, but it is certain that future compilers of dictionaries are going to have to append a new meaning to ‘Pythonesque’, for the word is now common English usage on both sides of the Atlantic... It describes a set of events that are more than bizarre, yet less than surreal. 1986Financial Times 28 Feb. 19/1 Everything from classically timed slapstick scenes to Pythonesque non sequiturs. |