Beaumarchais
/bəʊmɑːˌʃeɪ, 〈法〉bomaʀʃɛ/- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-99), French dramatist. He is chiefly remembered for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784), which inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart.博马舍, 皮埃尔·奥古斯丁·卡龙·德（1732-1799, 法国剧作家, 主要作品为喜剧《塞维勒的理发师》[1775]和《费加罗的婚礼》[1784], 分别由罗西尼和莫扎特改编成歌剧）。