英语词汇“cliffhanger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cliffhanger

/ˈklɪfhaŋə

noun

1A dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode: it will take more than outrageous cliffhangers to win the ratings wars [as modifier]: a cliffhanger ending...

Of course, in keeping with the name of the program, each episode of each serial ended with a cliffhanger.
And then, like a dramatic cliffhanger, the day ended.
Complications arise during the surgery, but a cliffhanger ending leads the audience to wonder if Dr. Brown has managed a second miracle.

1.1A story or event with a strong element of suspense: the match was a cliffhanger right up to the final whistle...

Good handicapping meant clashes like the Jane Fletcher Memorial Cup match between Chowbent B and Metro A stayed a cliffhanger until the final games.
Knights supporters took over South Leeds Stadium yesterday and witnessed the latest in a long line of heart-stopping stories stolen from the script of a comic-book cliffhanger.
It's going to be a cliffhanger, and you're going to have the same story in 2000.

Derivatives

cliffhanging

/ˈklɪfˌhaŋɪŋ

/ adjective ...

The hype has worked, but the reality is a lumbering, unconvincing tale that is filled with one cliffhanging moment after another but never builds into a satisfying thriller.
The last few days have been feeling like the cliffhanging episode in the so-called thriller that is [not] my life
Only the other day the Evening Press reported that the cliffhanging House In The Rock had been bought by a Pateley Bridge antiques dealer.

Origin

1930s: from early film serials in which episodes ended with characters in desperate situations such as hanging off the edge of a cliff.

单词	cliffhanger
释义	cliffhanger /ˈklɪfhaŋə / noun 1A dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode: it will take more than outrageous cliffhangers to win the ratings wars [as modifier]: a cliffhanger ending... Of course, in keeping with the name of the program, each episode of each serial ended with a cliffhanger. And then, like a dramatic cliffhanger, the day ended. Complications arise during the surgery, but a cliffhanger ending leads the audience to wonder if Dr. Brown has managed a second miracle. 1.1A story or event with a strong element of suspense: the match was a cliffhanger right up to the final whistle... Good handicapping meant clashes like the Jane Fletcher Memorial Cup match between Chowbent B and Metro A stayed a cliffhanger until the final games. Knights supporters took over South Leeds Stadium yesterday and witnessed the latest in a long line of heart-stopping stories stolen from the script of a comic-book cliffhanger. It's going to be a cliffhanger, and you're going to have the same story in 2000. Derivatives cliffhanging /ˈklɪfˌhaŋɪŋ / adjective ... The hype has worked, but the reality is a lumbering, unconvincing tale that is filled with one cliffhanging moment after another but never builds into a satisfying thriller. The last few days have been feeling like the cliffhanging episode in the so-called thriller that is [not] my life Only the other day the Evening Press reported that the cliffhanging House In The Rock had been bought by a Pateley Bridge antiques dealer. Origin 1930s: from early film serials in which episodes ended with characters in desperate situations such as hanging off the edge of a cliff.
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