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- overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style（性格, 风格）过分戏剧化的, 演戏状的, 矫揉造作的, 夸张的：
a histrionic outburst.
夸张的感情迸发。
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- formal of or concerning actors or acting〈正式〉（与）演员（或表演）（有关）的：
histrionic talents.
表演才能。
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- Psychiatry denoting a personality disorder marked by shallow volatile emotions and attention-seeking behaviour【精神病学】患表演症的。
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histrionics
exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to attract attention（为吸引注意力）夸张而戏剧化的行为。
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- dramatic performance; theatre戏剧表演; 剧院。
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- archaic an actor〈古〉演员。
派生词
histrionically
adverb词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'dramatically exaggerated, hypocritical'）： from late Latin histrionicus, from Latin histrio（n-） 'actor'.