| 单词 | stand-up comedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstand-up comedy 6. Originally U.S. Designating a type of comedy in which an entertainer, typically standing alone on stage, tells jokes or amusing stories directly to an audience; of, belonging to, or relating to this type of comedy. Also (and in earliest use): designating an entertainer who performs this type of comedy. Frequently in stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, stand-up comic. ΚΠ 1947 Daily Variety 16 June 8/2 Occasioning the most comment is the Jack Parr replacement for Jack Benny... As a stand-up comic, but patterned too closely after Henry Morgan, he needs bright quips and routines which he hasn't been getting. 1970 Times 4 Apr. 21/3 Larry Grayson....vindicates the show in the department of stand-up comedy. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 31 May 44/5 From Richard Pryor to lesser comics, the best stand-up routine has often been such a naked venting of old traumas and neuroses that it could be considered vertical therapy. 2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Aug. 36/1 A shrink I saw a few years back found me so knee-slappingly funny that he asked whether I had ever considered becoming a stand-up comedian. < as lemmas |
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