Definition of Hitchcockian in English:

Hitchcockian

adjective ˌhɪtʃˈkɒkɪənˌhɪtʃˈkɑkiən

Resembling or characteristic of the style of the English film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock, especially through the use of tension and suspense.
a Hitchcockian crime thriller
Example sentencesExamples
- What they couldn't see, but we could, was that there were only two screws left out of six holding the thing together—very Hitchcockian.
- I didn't expect what I heard a little later, either, and think I might have preferred the silence or even a Hitchcockian cacophony of birds.
- This film matched elegant Hitchcockian suspense with a playful appreciation of the way love can make fools and liars of us all.
- A black and white film, it forwent many of the traditional Hitchcockian devices of suspense.
- An almost Hitchcockian feel of implacable fate that filigrees the film must have given exhibitors second thoughts, and it's mostly known only to dedicated cinephiles.
- The opening scenes look very Hitchcockian: the film has a quite brilliant moment of suspense as the wife's trusty dog realises there is something wrong and, barking frenziedly, jumps aboard the rowing boat.
- This sadistic Hitchcockian mystery is not without its flaws.
- That film was downright Hitchcockian in its dragging of an ordinary woman into extraordinary circumstances.

Definition of Hitchcockian in US English:

Hitchcockian

adjectiveˌhiCHˈkäkēənˌhɪtʃˈkɑkiən

Resembling or characteristic of the style of the English film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock, especially through the use of tension and suspense.
a Hitchcockian crime thriller
Example sentencesExamples
- An almost Hitchcockian feel of implacable fate that filigrees the film must have given exhibitors second thoughts, and it's mostly known only to dedicated cinephiles.
- A black and white film, it forwent many of the traditional Hitchcockian devices of suspense.
- I didn't expect what I heard a little later, either, and think I might have preferred the silence or even a Hitchcockian cacophony of birds.
- This sadistic Hitchcockian mystery is not without its flaws.
- This film matched elegant Hitchcockian suspense with a playful appreciation of the way love can make fools and liars of us all.
- What they couldn't see, but we could, was that there were only two screws left out of six holding the thing together—very Hitchcockian.
- That film was downright Hitchcockian in its dragging of an ordinary woman into extraordinary circumstances.
- The opening scenes look very Hitchcockian: the film has a quite brilliant moment of suspense as the wife's trusty dog realises there is something wrong and, barking frenziedly, jumps aboard the rowing boat.

词汇	Hitchcockian
释义	Definition of Hitchcockian in English: Hitchcockian adjective ˌhɪtʃˈkɒkɪənˌhɪtʃˈkɑkiən Resembling or characteristic of the style of the English film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock, especially through the use of tension and suspense. a Hitchcockian crime thriller Example sentencesExamples What they couldn't see, but we could, was that there were only two screws left out of six holding the thing together—very Hitchcockian. I didn't expect what I heard a little later, either, and think I might have preferred the silence or even a Hitchcockian cacophony of birds. This film matched elegant Hitchcockian suspense with a playful appreciation of the way love can make fools and liars of us all. A black and white film, it forwent many of the traditional Hitchcockian devices of suspense. An almost Hitchcockian feel of implacable fate that filigrees the film must have given exhibitors second thoughts, and it's mostly known only to dedicated cinephiles. The opening scenes look very Hitchcockian: the film has a quite brilliant moment of suspense as the wife's trusty dog realises there is something wrong and, barking frenziedly, jumps aboard the rowing boat. This sadistic Hitchcockian mystery is not without its flaws. That film was downright Hitchcockian in its dragging of an ordinary woman into extraordinary circumstances. Definition of Hitchcockian in US English: Hitchcockian adjectiveˌhiCHˈkäkēənˌhɪtʃˈkɑkiən Resembling or characteristic of the style of the English film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock, especially through the use of tension and suspense. a Hitchcockian crime thriller Example sentencesExamples An almost Hitchcockian feel of implacable fate that filigrees the film must have given exhibitors second thoughts, and it's mostly known only to dedicated cinephiles. A black and white film, it forwent many of the traditional Hitchcockian devices of suspense. I didn't expect what I heard a little later, either, and think I might have preferred the silence or even a Hitchcockian cacophony of birds. This sadistic Hitchcockian mystery is not without its flaws. This film matched elegant Hitchcockian suspense with a playful appreciation of the way love can make fools and liars of us all. What they couldn't see, but we could, was that there were only two screws left out of six holding the thing together—very Hitchcockian. That film was downright Hitchcockian in its dragging of an ordinary woman into extraordinary circumstances. The opening scenes look very Hitchcockian: the film has a quite brilliant moment of suspense as the wife's trusty dog realises there is something wrong and, barking frenziedly, jumps aboard the rowing boat.
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