episoden.

Brit.

/ˈɛpᵻsəʊd/, U.S.

/ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s episod.

Etymology: < Greek ἐπεισόδιον, neuter of ἐπεισόδιος coming in besides, < ἐπί in addition + εἴσοδος entering, < εἰς into + ὁδός way. Compare French épisode.

1. In the Old Greek Tragedy, the interlocutory parts between two choric songs, because these were originally interpolations.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek play

protasisa1568

catastrophe1579

epitasis1589

antistrophea1620

catastasis1656

episode1678

exode1764

agon1847

stichomythia1861

1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 12 Thespis introduc'd the Episods, and brought an Actor on the stage.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iv. §23. 42 Not only the Part of the tragic Choir, but the Episode or interlocutory Part would be also sung.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 152 The custom of setting the episodes, as the acts of a play.

2. An incidental narrative or digression in a poem, story, etc., separable from the main subject, yet arising naturally from it.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > episode or situation

scene1645

episode1679

situation1754

1679 J. Dryden Dram. Wks. 369 The happy Episode of Theseus and Dirce.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. v. 124 The dry, didactic character of the Georgics made it necessary, they should be enlivened by Episodes and Digressions.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 183 Herodotus introduces an episode, which..seems..at first sight strangely misplaced.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind i. 11 Familiar episodes, belonging to the medieval ‘Reynard the Fox’.

3. transferred. An incidental ‘passage’ in a person's life, in the history of a country, the world, an institution, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > episode

scene1605

episode1773

page1822

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 21 The terrors of a formal courtship, together with the episode of aunts, grandmothers and cousins.

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 100 To answer..a hundred letters in a week, by way of episode in your other labours.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. vii. 162 The conquest of Constantinople by the Latins, that strange and romantic episode in the history of the Crusades.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. i. x. 203 Like the Glacial episode before mentioned.

4. Music. (See quot.) Also in other musical forms (see quot. 1947¹).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > subsidiary or intervening

episode1869

subsidiary1883

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxii. 169 In ordinary fugues..it is usual to allow a certain number of bars to intervene from time to time, after which the subject is resumed..The intervening bars thus introduced are called Episodes.

1947 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 29 Italian Symphony. A fresh subject (in technical language an ‘episode’) is introduced.

1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 311 It might even be called a rondo with varied theme and alternating episodes.

Draft additions 1993

b. Each of the instalments into which a film, television or radio drama, etc. is divided for transmitting as a series.

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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > instalment

episode1915

1915 Moving Picture World 13 Nov. 1320/1 The second episode, ‘A Voice from the Wilderness’, makes an offering worthy of attention.

1931 B. B. Hampton Hist. Movies Pl. 32 (caption) Pearl White in an episode from the famous serial, The Perils of Pauline.

1933 B.B.C. Year-bk. 1934 213 Serial plays were a popular innovation: and their exciting episodes seemed to have appealed to..as many grown-ups as youngsters.

1962 E. Barnouw Television Writer ii. 56 Some of its episodes may become television classics.

1981 P. Kerr in T. Bennett et al. Popular TV & Film i. v. 78 Episode five..opens not with an enigma but rather with a cliché; the discovery of a man holding a gun.

1990 Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 54/3 ABC ordered seven more episodes after seeing the pilot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	episode
释义	episoden. Brit. /ˈɛpᵻsəʊd/, U.S. /ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s episod. Etymology: < Greek ἐπεισόδιον, neuter of ἐπεισόδιος coming in besides, < ἐπί in addition + εἴσοδος entering, < εἰς into + ὁδός way. Compare French épisode. 1. In the Old Greek Tragedy, the interlocutory parts between two choric songs, because these were originally interpolations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek play protasisa1568 catastrophe1579 epitasis1589 antistrophea1620 catastasis1656 episode1678 exode1764 agon1847 stichomythia1861 1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 12 Thespis introduc'd the Episods, and brought an Actor on the stage. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iv. §23. 42 Not only the Part of the tragic Choir, but the Episode or interlocutory Part would be also sung. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 152 The custom of setting the episodes, as the acts of a play. 2. An incidental narrative or digression in a poem, story, etc., separable from the main subject, yet arising naturally from it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > episode or situation scene1645 episode1679 situation1754 1679 J. Dryden Dram. Wks. 369 The happy Episode of Theseus and Dirce. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. v. 124 The dry, didactic character of the Georgics made it necessary, they should be enlivened by Episodes and Digressions. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 183 Herodotus introduces an episode, which..seems..at first sight strangely misplaced. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind i. 11 Familiar episodes, belonging to the medieval ‘Reynard the Fox’. 3. transferred. An incidental ‘passage’ in a person's life, in the history of a country, the world, an institution, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > episode scene1605 episode1773 page1822 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 21 The terrors of a formal courtship, together with the episode of aunts, grandmothers and cousins. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 100 To answer..a hundred letters in a week, by way of episode in your other labours. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. vii. 162 The conquest of Constantinople by the Latins, that strange and romantic episode in the history of the Crusades. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. i. x. 203 Like the Glacial episode before mentioned. 4. Music. (See quot.) Also in other musical forms (see quot. 1947¹). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > subsidiary or intervening episode1869 subsidiary1883 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxii. 169 In ordinary fugues..it is usual to allow a certain number of bars to intervene from time to time, after which the subject is resumed..The intervening bars thus introduced are called Episodes. 1947 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 29 Italian Symphony. A fresh subject (in technical language an ‘episode’) is introduced. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 311 It might even be called a rondo with varied theme and alternating episodes. Draft additions 1993 b. Each of the instalments into which a film, television or radio drama, etc. is divided for transmitting as a series. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > instalment episode1915 1915 Moving Picture World 13 Nov. 1320/1 The second episode, ‘A Voice from the Wilderness’, makes an offering worthy of attention. 1931 B. B. Hampton Hist. Movies Pl. 32 (caption) Pearl White in an episode from the famous serial, The Perils of Pauline. 1933 B.B.C. Year-bk. 1934 213 Serial plays were a popular innovation: and their exciting episodes seemed to have appealed to..as many grown-ups as youngsters. 1962 E. Barnouw Television Writer ii. 56 Some of its episodes may become television classics. 1981 P. Kerr in T. Bennett et al. Popular TV & Film i. v. 78 Episode five..opens not with an enigma but rather with a cliché; the discovery of a man holding a gun. 1990 Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 54/3 ABC ordered seven more episodes after seeing the pilot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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