melon.

Brit.

/ˈmɛləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛloʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: melodrama n.

Etymology: Shortened < melodrama n., perhaps after French mélo (1872).

British colloquial.

= melodrama n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a melodrama

melodrame?1795

melodrama1804

sensation drama1858

Guignol1882

melo1889

drama1895

Grand Guignol1905

1889 E. Dowson Let. 24 Mar. (1967) 54 I could no more go twice than I could to an Adelphi melo.

1889 E. Dowson Let. 24 Dec. (1967) 121 Even bad melo doesn't cause me to vomit as it did of old.

1920 A. Huxley Let. 23 Apr. (1969) 183 What one wd call a West End melodrama as opposed to a Lyceum melo.

1973 Radio Times 20 Dec. 18/4 The Roots of Heaven..John Huston's melo about elephant conservation.

1983 Listener 18 Aug. 33/4 It's one of Warner Brothers best crime melos of the time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melo
释义	melon. Brit. /ˈmɛləʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɛloʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: melodrama n. Etymology: Shortened < melodrama n., perhaps after French mélo (1872). British colloquial. = melodrama n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a melodrama melodrame?1795 melodrama1804 sensation drama1858 Guignol1882 melo1889 drama1895 Grand Guignol1905 1889 E. Dowson Let. 24 Mar. (1967) 54 I could no more go twice than I could to an Adelphi melo. 1889 E. Dowson Let. 24 Dec. (1967) 121 Even bad melo doesn't cause me to vomit as it did of old. 1920 A. Huxley Let. 23 Apr. (1969) 183 What one wd call a West End melodrama as opposed to a Lyceum melo. 1973 Radio Times 20 Dec. 18/4 The Roots of Heaven..John Huston's melo about elephant conservation. 1983 Listener 18 Aug. 33/4 It's one of Warner Brothers best crime melos of the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : melo-comb. form < n.1889 see also
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