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英文英文字典

古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

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Tragedy (n.)
A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
Tragedy (n.)
A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry.
Alt. of Tragi-comical
Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.
Tragic (a.)
Alt. of Tragical
Tragic (n.)
A writer of tragedy.
Tragic (n.)
A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Tragical (a.)
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
Tragical (a.)
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
Tragical (a.)
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Tragopan (n.)
Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
Tragus (n.)
The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.
Trail (v. t.)
To hunt by the track; to track.
Trail (v. t.)
To draw or drag, as along the ground.
Trail (v. t.)
To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
Trail (v. t.)
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
Trail (v. t.)
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
Trail (v. i.)
To be drawn out in length; to follow after.