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Tragic Greek Pertaining 4297.Tragic 英 Trædʒɪk]美 Trædʒɪk 释义

正面 4297.tragic
英 ['trædʒɪk]美 ['trædʒɪk]

背面
释义:
adj. 悲剧的;悲痛的,不幸的
例句:
1. Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.许多来看电影的人都被这部影片暴力而悲惨的结局所震惊。

1、bulli- => boill- => boil- => boil.
tragic 悲剧的,悲惨的来自 tragedy,悲剧(戏剧),-ic,形容词后缀。词义由戏剧的悲剧通俗化。
tragic (adj.)1540s, "calamitous, disastrous, fatal" ("resembling the actions in a stage tragedy"), shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos "of or pertaining to tragedy; stately, majestic; plaintive," literally "goatish, of or pertaining to a goat," and perhaps referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat singer or satyric actor, from tragodia (see tragedy). Tragic flaw (1913) translates Greek hamartia. Related: Tragically."

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