playwright

英 [ˈpleɪraɪt]

美 [ˈpleɪraɪt]

n.  剧作家

复数：playwrights　现在分词：playwrighting　

TOEFLTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.11985 / COCA.7605

牛津词典

noun

• 剧作家
  a person who writes plays for the theatre, television or radio

柯林斯词典

• 剧作家
  Aplaywrightis a person who writes plays.

英英释义

noun

• someone who writes plays
  Synonym:dramatist

双语例句

• Chekhov, his contemporary Russian short fiction writer and playwright, applied and made further advance of the theory in his drama creation, which initiated the modernism in drama, and cast profound influence on drama of the20th century as well.
  与梅特林克同时代的俄罗斯短篇小说家、剧作家契诃夫在戏剧创作中对这一理论进行了自觉的运用与发展，开了现代派戏剧的先河，并对20世纪戏剧产生了极其深远的影响。
• The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.
  这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。
• His comic talents and immense output probably earn this brilliant Irishman the rank of leading English-Language playwright after Shakespeare.
  他的喜剧天赋和大量的作品为这位才华横溢的爱尔兰人赢得了继莎士比亚之后，英语剧作家领衔人的地位。
• Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.
  米勒对这位严肃剧作家在美国的命运颇为忧虑。
• Yet as playwright William Congreve said: Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.
  然而，正如剧作家威廉康格里夫（WilliamCongreve）所言：不确定性和期望，才是生活的乐趣所在。
• Marxist playwright and director Bertolt Brecht devised an epic theatre under the influence of Shakespeare.
  马克思主义剧作家和导演贝尔托·布莱希特在莎士比亚影响下设计了一座史诗剧场。
• William Shakespeare was a famous playwright.
  莎士比亚是个著名的剧作家。
• Shakespeare is the famous English playwright and poet.
  莎士比亚是英国戏剧家和诗人。
• David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.
  长期以来，戴维·马梅特一直被视为同代人中最杰出的美国剧作家。
• I am a playwright. 1 have written tragedies, comedies, fantasies.
  我是一位剧作家。我写过悲剧、喜剧和幻想剧。