comedy
/ˈkɒmɪdɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)［mass noun］
1- professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh喜剧; 滑稽剧。
1.1
- count noun a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh滑稽（或喜剧）电影（或戏剧、广播节目）：
as modifier a comedy film.喜剧电影。
1.2
- the style or genre of such types of entertainment滑稽风格; 喜剧风格。
1.3
- the humorous or amusing aspects of something喜剧因素; 幽默成分; 有趣之处：
advertising people see the comedy in their work.
广告人看到了他们工作中的有趣之处。
1.4
- count noun a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity喜剧。
1.5
- the dramatic genre represented by such plays（戏剧流派）喜剧：
satiric comedy.
讽刺喜剧。比较TRAGEDY （义项2）。
派生词
comedic
/kəˈmiːdɪk/ adjective词源
late Middle English （as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy）： from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos 'comic poet', from kōmos 'revel' + aoidos 'singer'.