| 单词 | comic genius |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomic genius comic genius n. (a) a person with an exceptional talent or aptitude for comedy; (b) (an instance of) instinctive and extraordinary capacity or aptitude for comedy. ΚΠ 1712 G. Shelley Sentences & Maxims 3 A Comic Genius may find something in the Wisest Man, whereby to expose him to the Contempt of the Judicious Part of Mankind; as Aristophanes serv'd Socrates. 1737 Grub-St. Jrnl. 17 Feb. 7/2 We should be glad to know, whether this preference was given here to Mr. Fielding's true Comic Genius, because he has written more Farces. 1818 Edinb. Mag. Dec. 544/2 Moliere was as great or a greater comic genius than Shakespeare. 1882 A. W. Ward Dickens v. 130 Dickens' comic genius was never so much at its ease..as in the depiction of such groups as this. 1914 Amer. Mag. Sept. 76/1 He [sc. J. M. Flagg] is one of the greatest illustrators and comic geniuses in the world. 1971 D. Lodge Evelyn Waugh 45 Almost everything he wrote..was touched with comic genius. 2013 New Yorker 15 Apr. 18/3 With a cartoon-fuelled comic genius that's on view from the very first shot, the director..fills the frame with Freudian gags and the soundtrack with ribald riffs. < as lemmas |
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