| 单词 | private theatricals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate theatricals 1. plural. The performance of stage plays; now, dramatic performance by amateurs (usually amateur theatricals); formerly in a private house ( private theatricals). Also figurative doings of a theatrical character; ‘acting’, pretence. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatic performance > in private private play1603 private theatricalsa1706 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > of theatrical kind puppetry1598 play-acting1633 pageantrya1646 theatricalsa1706 histrionics1882 a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 291 Turning their..services and ceremonies into theatricals. 1804 Miniature No. 21 (1806) I. 280 Private theatricals, when many of the first personages in the land choose to make themselves fools for the good of a large company. 1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife II. xxxii. 160 What the news-papers pertly call Private Theatricals. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 12 If Charles had not carried his love of theatricals to church. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxv. 42 He dabbled in everything that was not his proper occupation—concerts, amateur theatricals, periodical literature. 1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody viii. 118 I..totally disapproved of amateur theatricals. 1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 30/2 It's only the usual theatricals, because he's ashamed to face us. 1965 Listener 23 Sept. 462/3 He proved..fond of..amateur theatricals. < as lemmas |
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