soliloquy

Word family verbsoliloquizenounsoliloquysoliloquizer

Related topics: Literature, Theatre

so·lil·o·quy /səˈlɪləkwi/ noun (plural soliloquies) [countableC, uncountableU]

ALAPTa speech in a play in which a character, usually alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts 〔戏剧中的〕独白 → monologue

—soliloquize /-kwaɪz/ verb [intransitiveI]

Examples from the Corpus

soliloquy• The second actor, the accused, immediately begins a soliloquy of defence.• Terentia goes offstage, and in a soliloquy, Dycarbas explains his actions.• We should hope that Hughes, having taken his soliloquy, will one day transcribe more of these asides.• My own soliloquy, my own trial came with that offer.• One way of doing this is to use the soliloquy or aside, such flexible resources on the Elizabethan stage.• But Pauline Daniels has created a whole new interpretation of the uproarious soliloquy.

Origin soliloquy

(1300-1400) Late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ( → SOLE1) + loqui “to speak”

词汇	soliloquy
释义	soliloquy Word family verbsoliloquizenounsoliloquysoliloquizer Related topics: Literature, Theatre so·lil·o·quy /səˈlɪləkwi/ noun (plural soliloquies) [countableC, uncountableU] ALAPTa speech in a play in which a character, usually alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts 〔戏剧中的〕独白 → monologue —soliloquize /-kwaɪz/ verb [intransitiveI] Examples from the Corpus soliloquy• The second actor, the accused, immediately begins a soliloquy of defence.• Terentia goes offstage, and in a soliloquy, Dycarbas explains his actions.• We should hope that Hughes, having taken his soliloquy, will one day transcribe more of these asides.• My own soliloquy, my own trial came with that offer.• One way of doing this is to use the soliloquy or aside, such flexible resources on the Elizabethan stage.• But Pauline Daniels has created a whole new interpretation of the uproarious soliloquy. Origin soliloquy (1300-1400) Late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ( → SOLE1) + loqui “to speak”
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