单词	vaudeville
释义	vaudevillevau‧de‧ville /ˈvɔːdəvɪl $ ˈvɒː-/ noun [uncountable] American English Word Origin WORD ORIGINvaudeville Origin: 1700-1800 French, Old French vaudevire type of popular song, from vau-de-Vire ‘valley of Vire’, town in northwest France where such songs were written Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs. After its closing on Dec. 9, 1906, it soon reopened as the Empire, a vaudeville and movie house. In 1915, Eubie teamed with an ambitious young entrepreneur, Noble Sissle, for vaudeville appearances. The music-hall and vaudeville were transitional as really was all nineteenth-century popular culture. Tillman had current information on the airport vaudeville. What used to be like the Old Vic has become the vaudeville of Thatcherism Undone. Which is why in the vaudeville days they sometimes used a hook. You could have set Greenwich Mean Time by the great vaudeville comedians. word sets WORD SETS► Theatre adapt, verbamphitheatre, nounapron, nounaside, nounaudition, nounaudition, verbauditorium, nounbackcloth, nounbackdrop, nounbackstage, adjectivebalcony, nounbiz, nounbox, nounbox office, nounburlesque, nounchorus, nounchorus girl, nouncircle, nouncomedy of manners, nouncommand performance, nouncurtain, nouncurtain call, noundame, noundinner theater, noundirect, verbdirector, noundouble bill, noundownstage, adverbdramatic, adjectivedramatic irony, noundramatis personae, noundramatist, noundress circle, noundresser, noundressing room, noundress rehearsal, noundumb show, nounentertainment, nounexeunt, verbexit, verbfarce, nounflashback, nounfootlights, nounfringe theatre, noungreasepaint, nounharlequin, nounhouse, nounimage, nounimagery, nounimprovise, verbinterlude, nounkitchen sink drama, nounlead, nounluvvie, nounmake-up, nounmarquee, nounmezzanine, nounmime, verbmiscast, verbmummer, nounmusical, nounmusic hall, nounmystery play, nounnumber, nounoffstage, adverbon, adjectiveopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounorchestra pit, nounoveract, verbpantomime, nounplay, verbplay, nounplaybill, nounplayer, nounplaygoer, nounplayhouse, nounplaywright, nounportray, verbprincipal boy, nounprompter, nounprop, nounproscenium, nounpuppeteer, nounrendering, nounrendition, nounrep, nounrepertory, nounrevival, nounrevue, nounrole, nounrun, verbrun, nounrunway, nounsafety curtain, nounscene, nounscenery, nounseating, nounset, nounsoliloquy, nounspeech, nounstage, nounstage, verbstage direction, nounstage door, nounstage fright, nounstagehand, nounstage manager, nounstage name, nounstagestruck, adjectivestage whisper, nounstaging, nounstock, nounstock company, nountheatre, nountheatregoer, nountheatre-in-the-round, nountheatrical, adjectivetheatricals, nounthespian, nountitle role, nountragedian, nountragedy, nountragic, adjectivetragicomedy, noununderstudy, noununderstudy, verbupstage, adverbvaudeville, nounwalk-on, nounwardrobe, noun a type of theatre entertainment, popular from the 1880s to the 1950s, in which there were many short performances of different kinds, including singing, dancing, jokes etc → music hall
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