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单词 sight gag
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Definition of sight gag in English:

sight gag

noun
informal
  • A visual joke.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seldom has a sight gag worked so well in an opera production.
    • They are so obvious, as if kids can't possibly get a sight gag unless you make it the only thing on screen, and then maybe have one of the characters refer to it just to be sure.
    • The opera features 26 characters in all; each has at least one chance to shine, and Alden finds precisely the right gesture, expression, or inspired sight gag to define a personality and bring it to theatrical life.
    • Its characters are calculatedly charming and the script slyly ends each of its tragic notes with a sight gag (including, unbelievably, its funeral reception scene).
    • However, when you are scanning the background for a clever sight gag and not watching the main action, there's probably something wrong with the script.
    • For every philosophical joke there is a pratfall or sight gag offered to balance things out.
    • There's no joke, there's no sight gag, there's nothing they find remotely entertaining.
    • The production design is superb with bright colors everywhere - they go so far as to digitally repaint all the foliage in a countryside scene a garish purply pink - and the director has never met a sight gag he didn't love.
    • Unfortunately, the wedding is only a flimsily constructed excuse for Stifler to stumble from one lame sight gag to the next.
    • There is no overt political statement here, it's just an innocuous sight gag.
    • Here, scribe Fimberg and director Douglas appear far too much in a hurry to get to the next joke or sight gag, and as a consequence we completely stop caring about Flint and what happens to him.
    • The script provides them with funny, witty dialogue throughout, not to mention the occasional sight gag.
    • But those who appreciate the occasional sight gag will not leave this film empty-handed.
    • It's a sight gag that's really only funny the first few times, and after about thirty times, it gets really tired.
    • They might also have been thinking that a broad sight gag would work in the background of a scene.
    • However, any sense of real drama is impaired by anticipation of the next sight gag.
    • Just when you're about to get offended, the scene breezes over to a sight gag.
    • And it also seems to me that in film, there are comedies that involve sight gags, slapstick, visual stuff, and comedies that are based very much on dialogue and words.
    • Indeed, the majority of the laughs are generated from this one sight gag.
    • I'm sorry to say that looking at the movie today I found the jokes, sight gags, and puns all to be a little forced.
 
 

Definition of sight gag in US English:

sight gag

noun
informal
  • A visual joke.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For every philosophical joke there is a pratfall or sight gag offered to balance things out.
    • However, when you are scanning the background for a clever sight gag and not watching the main action, there's probably something wrong with the script.
    • Here, scribe Fimberg and director Douglas appear far too much in a hurry to get to the next joke or sight gag, and as a consequence we completely stop caring about Flint and what happens to him.
    • But those who appreciate the occasional sight gag will not leave this film empty-handed.
    • Just when you're about to get offended, the scene breezes over to a sight gag.
    • And it also seems to me that in film, there are comedies that involve sight gags, slapstick, visual stuff, and comedies that are based very much on dialogue and words.
    • The opera features 26 characters in all; each has at least one chance to shine, and Alden finds precisely the right gesture, expression, or inspired sight gag to define a personality and bring it to theatrical life.
    • The script provides them with funny, witty dialogue throughout, not to mention the occasional sight gag.
    • Seldom has a sight gag worked so well in an opera production.
    • The production design is superb with bright colors everywhere - they go so far as to digitally repaint all the foliage in a countryside scene a garish purply pink - and the director has never met a sight gag he didn't love.
    • They are so obvious, as if kids can't possibly get a sight gag unless you make it the only thing on screen, and then maybe have one of the characters refer to it just to be sure.
    • Indeed, the majority of the laughs are generated from this one sight gag.
    • I'm sorry to say that looking at the movie today I found the jokes, sight gags, and puns all to be a little forced.
    • There's no joke, there's no sight gag, there's nothing they find remotely entertaining.
    • They might also have been thinking that a broad sight gag would work in the background of a scene.
    • It's a sight gag that's really only funny the first few times, and after about thirty times, it gets really tired.
    • Its characters are calculatedly charming and the script slyly ends each of its tragic notes with a sight gag (including, unbelievably, its funeral reception scene).
    • There is no overt political statement here, it's just an innocuous sight gag.
    • However, any sense of real drama is impaired by anticipation of the next sight gag.
    • Unfortunately, the wedding is only a flimsily constructed excuse for Stifler to stumble from one lame sight gag to the next.
 
 
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