| 单词 | mayhem parva |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMayhem Parva Mayhem Parva n. [ < mayhem n. + classical Latin parva, feminine singular of parvus little (see parvi- comb. form), after English village names with this as second element (e.g. Ash Parva, Shropshire, Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, etc.)] (esp. in critical writing) the genre of mystery stories set in a rural English village; (the generic name for) a typical English village as the setting for a violent crime; frequently attributive, as Mayhem Parva school, etc. ΚΠ 1971 C. Watson Snobbery with Violence To characterize the fiction of the Mayhem Parva school as ‘two dimensional’ is not to question its adequacy as entertainment. 1979 Economist 29 Dec. 61 The persistent availability of inter-war whodunits suggests that while the world of Mayhem Parva may be a puzzle, it has now taken on a period charm. 1990 J. Symons in T. Heald Classic Eng. Myst. (title) Holocaust at Mayhem Parva. 2000 Oxf. Compan. Crime & Myst. Writing 282/1 The denizens of Mayhem Parva generally hold ordered and conservative world views, and share a pervasive sense of law, justice, and morality... Mysteries that belong to the Mayhem Parva subgenre..represent the beginning of the cozy or malice domestic mystery. < as lemmas |
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