by-playn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɪpleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbaɪˌpleɪ/

Forms: Also bye-play.

Etymology: < by- comb. form 2c(a)(iii) + play n.

1. Chiefly on the stage: Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb-show, while the main action proceeds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > likened to a play

interlude1487

dramaa1714

by-play1812

passion play1980

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

envoy1616

undermirth1640

counter-turn1651

under-walk1651

deus ex machina1697

happy ending1748

dénouement1752

anagnorisis1783

comic relief1783

by-play1812

tragic irony1833

by-plot1851

dramatic irony1881

plot point1909

cliff-hanging1945

subtext1960

1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 21 Dec. 803/1 We need not point out these delicacies of bye-play.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 536 If Mr. Kean were to fill up the intervals of his bye~play in tragedy by leaping through the back-scene.

1844 H. Rogers Ess. I. ii. 80 His opponent often has a byplay of malignity even when bestowing commendations.

1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. Pref. 46 They probably neglected everything like by-play and making points, which are so effective on the English stage.

2. transferred. Play or action apart from the main action in any acceptation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > subsidiary

by-matter1552

by-point1610

by-passage1674

by-consideration1691

by-thing1721

by-interest1801

by-play1816

sideshow1855

1816 Edinb. Rev. 26 310 He is certainly most happy..in the by-play of his fictions.

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 535 The various kinds of by-play in poetry, such as alliteration, rhyme, and assonance.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 269 The tide of invasion..is broken up into a number of smaller currents, which..are often in the nature of by-play rather than have any direct bearing on the main issues of the war.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	by-play
释义	by-playn. Brit. /ˈbʌɪpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌpleɪ/ Forms: Also bye-play. Etymology: < by- comb. form 2c(a)(iii) + play n. 1. Chiefly on the stage: Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb-show, while the main action proceeds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > likened to a play interlude1487 dramaa1714 by-play1812 passion play1980 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > plot > parts of plot envoy1616 undermirth1640 counter-turn1651 under-walk1651 deus ex machina1697 happy ending1748 dénouement1752 anagnorisis1783 comic relief1783 by-play1812 tragic irony1833 by-plot1851 dramatic irony1881 plot point1909 cliff-hanging1945 subtext1960 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 21 Dec. 803/1 We need not point out these delicacies of bye-play. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 536 If Mr. Kean were to fill up the intervals of his bye~play in tragedy by leaping through the back-scene. 1844 H. Rogers Ess. I. ii. 80 His opponent often has a byplay of malignity even when bestowing commendations. 1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. Pref. 46 They probably neglected everything like by-play and making points, which are so effective on the English stage. 2. transferred. Play or action apart from the main action in any acceptation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > subsidiary by-matter1552 by-point1610 by-passage1674 by-consideration1691 by-thing1721 by-interest1801 by-play1816 sideshow1855 1816 Edinb. Rev. 26 310 He is certainly most happy..in the by-play of his fictions. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 535 The various kinds of by-play in poetry, such as alliteration, rhyme, and assonance. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 269 The tide of invasion..is broken up into a number of smaller currents, which..are often in the nature of by-play rather than have any direct bearing on the main issues of the war. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1812
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