单词 | comic relief |
释义 | comic reliefnounan amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. relief from tension caused by the introduction or occurrence of a comic element, as by an amusing human foible. Origin of comic reliefFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby comic reliefcomic, comical, comic book, Comice, comic opera, comic relief, comic strip, Com. in Chf., Comines, Cominform, coming Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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