单词 | dramatize |
释义 | dramatizev. 1. a. transitive. To convert into a drama; to put into dramatic form, adapt for representation on the stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (transitive)] > dramatize theatricalize1778 dramatize1780 adapt1793 theatralize1825 1780-83 [see dramatized adj. at Derivatives]. 1810 W. Scott Let. 22 Dec. (1932) II. 414 They are busy dramatizing the Lady of the Lake here and in Dublin. 1884 Law Times 27 Sept. 358/2 The play ‘Called Back,’ dramatised from the novel of that name. b. absol. To write dramas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > write dramas [verb (intransitive)] dramatize1814 to put on the buskins1860 1814 Sortes Horatianae 125 Scrawl, dramatize..do what ye will. 1900 Daily News 28 May 4/1 The glorious language in which Milton sang, Shakespeare dramatised, Richard Baxter prayed, and George Whitfield thundered. 2. To describe or represent dramatically. reflexive. To behave melodramatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation paintc1390 fucate1535 flatter1581 embroider1614 over-picturea1616 heighten1731 overpaint1749 overtell1755 overcolour1811 overdrawa1817 dramatize1823 sensationalize1863 overdress1866 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] > dramatize theatricalize1778 dramatize1823 theatrize1888 1823 Adolphus in Lockhart Scott Aug. To exert the talent of dramatizing and..representing in his own person the incidents he told of. 1894 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 383 The men continue to dramatize a struggle on the floor below. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 620 My mother dramatized herself, indeed, but so artlessly that I rebelled against that. 3. intransitive (for passive). To admit of dramatization. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (intransitive)] > admit of dramatization dramatize1819 1819 W. Scott Let. 15 June (1933) V. 397 The present set..will not dramatise. 1836 New Monthly Mag. 47 235 The story would dramatize admirably. 4. transitive. To influence by the drama.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1799 Morning Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) III. 154 Some might take their station in the theatres, and dramatize the audience into loyalty. Derivatives ˈdramatized adj. ΚΠ 1780–83 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi Russia (Webster 1828) A dramatized extract from the history of the Old and New Testaments. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xli. 572 The dramatized histories of the English bard. ˈdramatizing n. and adj. also figurative ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun] stage-work1649 scenery1726 theatricalness1727 dramatizing1808 show1822 theatricality1837 pyrotechny1845 theatricalism1854 sensational1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 theatricism1872 theatricalization1875 dramaticism1878 dramatism1880 spectacularity1883 spectacularism1888 theatre1926 son et lumière1968 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessive action overdoing1340 dramatizing1808 theatricalization1875 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > given to exaggeration overlashing1578 overreaching1579 hyperbolizinga1620 exaggeratory1759 exaggerative1797 dramatizing1808 exaggerating1817 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatization dramatization1796 tragedization1796 dramatizing1808 dramatism1834 tragedizinga1849 theatricalization1875 1808 C. Lamb Specimens Eng. Dramatic Poets 150 Our delicacy..forbids the dramatizing of Distress. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 221 A sort of dramatizing talent. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xviii. 107 Oh, to fall at her feet, and ask her pardon before parting for ever! But no—no more posing; no more dramatising. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 620 Accident threw me in my receptive years mostly among non-dramatizing systematic-minded people. ˈdramatizable adj. (Webster, 1864). ˈdramatizer n. one who dramatizes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright playmaker1530 playmonger1593 playwright1605 playwritera1626 stage-wright1631 dramatica1657 factist1676 dramatist1678 dramaturgist1825 playwrightess1831 dramatizer1833 dramaturge1870 1833 Westm. Rev. 18 226 The dramatizer of Cooper's ‘Pilot’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1780 |
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