melodrama
/ˈmeləʊˌdrɑːmə/noun
1
- a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions传奇剧, 情节剧; 煽情剧。
1.1
- mass noun the genre of drama of this type传奇剧（样式）, 情节剧（样式）。
1.2
- mass noun language, behaviour, or events that resemble drama of this kind煽情的语言（或行为、事件）：
what little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama.
对他早年生活的些微了解包藏在夸大的描写之中。
2
- historical a play interspersed with songs and orchestral music accompanying the action〈史〉音乐戏剧。
派生词
melodramatist
nounmelodramatize
（亦作-ise）verb词源
early 19th cent.: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos 'music' + French drame 'drama'.