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词汇 masque
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Definition of masque in English:

masque

noun mɑːskmæsk
  • 1A form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players.

    假面娱乐剧(16世纪和17世纪盛行于英国贵族之间的一种业余娱乐剧,由戴面具的人表演舞蹈和戏剧)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is presentational music, taking music performance back to the masque.
    • It is very pleasing for me to find his imaginative qualities again set out, this time in a masque in five scenes for chorus and orchestra.
    • Given the diversity of politics identified in Jacobean masques, it is somewhat disappointing that the study concludes with the traditional view of the Caroline masque as one-dimensional in nature.
    • While all-sung opera has always been the norm in Italy, the strong British tradition of spoken drama favoured the masque, and spoken drama with music remained the pattern for dramatic works in English.
    • Dancing plays a part in the staged entertainments or masques which occur within several plays.
    • If my own enthusiasm was kept within bounds, it was partly because Noble treats this wonderful, neglected play as if it were a spectacular masque or Jacobean musical.
    • Arriving at the end of the masque, Caliban and his fellows effectively invert the form of the Jonsonian masque and with it Prospero's ability to control the terms of the marriage.
    • Jonson made his money from masques, which were stupendously expensive to put on at court.
    • The masque was performed at Magdalen College in 1930.
    • He had painted the ceiling for the Whitehall Banqueting House, where masques had been performed and through which, in a pointed gesture, Charles I was made to pass on the way to his execution.
    • The masque I performed in was but one of the day, and the many fast country dances did not cease until late at night.
    • This is a chronological study of the rise and fall of the antimasque within Jonson's masques, and it focusses in particular on the form's political content in the more specific sense: its commentary on court intrigue and on royal policy.
    • And here the concept of the masque comes into play one final time.
    • Productions of The Tempest tend to fall into easily classifiable groups: colonial myth, spectacular masque or theatrical metaphor.
    • The literary element was probably the most important component and among those who wrote texts for masques were Ben Jonson and John Milton.
    • The second chapter deals with the Jacobean court and the performance of the masques.
    • But masque requires mystery as its necessary condition of knowledge.
    • As winter quarters for the King's Men it was ideal, but as an intimate theatre for a more select and sophisticated audience it required a different style of play, closer to the masques and pageants in which the court delighted.
    • In 1740 was performed the masque of Alfred by Thomson and Mallet, containing ‘Rule, Britannia’, probably written by Thomson.
    • The word ‘mask’ is related to a masque or masquerade, which was a courtly performance popular during the Renaissance and the seventeenth century.
    Synonyms
    masked ball, fancy-dress party
  • 2

    adding a treatment masque to your cleansing routine works wonders
    variant spelling of mask (sense 3 of the noun)

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense 'masquerade or masked ball'): probably a back-formation (influenced by French masque 'mask') from masker, from Italian mascar 'person wearing a mask'.

Rhymes

ask, bask, cask, flask, Krasnoyarsk, mask, task

Definition of masque in US English:

masque

nounmæskmask
  • 1A form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players.

    假面娱乐剧(16世纪和17世纪盛行于英国贵族之间的一种业余娱乐剧,由戴面具的人表演舞蹈和戏剧)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second chapter deals with the Jacobean court and the performance of the masques.
    • The masque I performed in was but one of the day, and the many fast country dances did not cease until late at night.
    • This is a chronological study of the rise and fall of the antimasque within Jonson's masques, and it focusses in particular on the form's political content in the more specific sense: its commentary on court intrigue and on royal policy.
    • While all-sung opera has always been the norm in Italy, the strong British tradition of spoken drama favoured the masque, and spoken drama with music remained the pattern for dramatic works in English.
    • The word ‘mask’ is related to a masque or masquerade, which was a courtly performance popular during the Renaissance and the seventeenth century.
    • He had painted the ceiling for the Whitehall Banqueting House, where masques had been performed and through which, in a pointed gesture, Charles I was made to pass on the way to his execution.
    • The masque was performed at Magdalen College in 1930.
    • Given the diversity of politics identified in Jacobean masques, it is somewhat disappointing that the study concludes with the traditional view of the Caroline masque as one-dimensional in nature.
    • It is presentational music, taking music performance back to the masque.
    • The literary element was probably the most important component and among those who wrote texts for masques were Ben Jonson and John Milton.
    • Jonson made his money from masques, which were stupendously expensive to put on at court.
    • In 1740 was performed the masque of Alfred by Thomson and Mallet, containing ‘Rule, Britannia’, probably written by Thomson.
    • Productions of The Tempest tend to fall into easily classifiable groups: colonial myth, spectacular masque or theatrical metaphor.
    • And here the concept of the masque comes into play one final time.
    • But masque requires mystery as its necessary condition of knowledge.
    • Dancing plays a part in the staged entertainments or masques which occur within several plays.
    • It is very pleasing for me to find his imaginative qualities again set out, this time in a masque in five scenes for chorus and orchestra.
    • Arriving at the end of the masque, Caliban and his fellows effectively invert the form of the Jonsonian masque and with it Prospero's ability to control the terms of the marriage.
    • As winter quarters for the King's Men it was ideal, but as an intimate theatre for a more select and sophisticated audience it required a different style of play, closer to the masques and pageants in which the court delighted.
    • If my own enthusiasm was kept within bounds, it was partly because Noble treats this wonderful, neglected play as if it were a spectacular masque or Jacobean musical.
    Synonyms
    masked ball, fancy-dress party
  • 2

    adding a treatment masque to your cleansing routine works wonders
    variant spelling of mask (sense 3 of the noun)

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense ‘masquerade or masked ball’): probably a back-formation (influenced by French masque ‘mask’) from masker, from Italian mascar ‘person wearing a mask’.

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