picaresque

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Literaturepicaresquepic‧a‧resque /ˌpɪkəˈresk◂/ adjective ALa picaresque story tells the amusing and unlikely adventures of a character who travels to a lot of different placesExamples from the Corpuspicaresque• The department has a distinguished record in Cervantes studies, the picaresque, and in the Golden-Age theatre.• We are being swept away on a tide of picaresque Euromovies.• What followed was an extraordinary, picaresque journey.• The picaresque literature of the period is also very preoccupied with food and drink.• This mildly picaresque novel recounts a boy's flight from prep school to an eventful weekend in New York.Origin picaresque (1800-1900) Spanish picaresco, from pícaro “bad man”

单词	picaresque
释义	picaresque From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Literaturepicaresquepic‧a‧resque /ˌpɪkəˈresk◂/ adjective ALa picaresque story tells the amusing and unlikely adventures of a character who travels to a lot of different placesExamples from the Corpuspicaresque• The department has a distinguished record in Cervantes studies, the picaresque, and in the Golden-Age theatre.• We are being swept away on a tide of picaresque Euromovies.• What followed was an extraordinary, picaresque journey.• The picaresque literature of the period is also very preoccupied with food and drink.• This mildly picaresque novel recounts a boy's flight from prep school to an eventful weekend in New York.Origin picaresque (1800-1900) Spanish picaresco, from pícaro “bad man”
随便看	turnover rose/fell turnover tax turnpike turnpike turnpike road turnround turnround turnround management turns 15 etc turns 20 etc turns 40 etc turnstile turntable turntablist turnus turpentine Turpin Turpin, Dick turpis turpitude turpitudo turps turqueis turqueise turquoise