ペニー・ドレッドフル (C2)
English: Penny dreadful
カタカナ: ペニー・ドレッドフル
IPA: /ˈpɛni ˈdrɛdfʊl/
Definition
A cheap, sensational serial publication featuring lurid stories of crime, adventure, or the supernatural, popular in 19th-century Britain.
意味: 19世紀のイギリスで人気を博した、犯罪、冒険、超自然現象などを扱った、安価で扇情的な連載出版物。
Examples / 例文
The young boy hid his penny dreadful under his mattress to avoid his father's disapproval of such trashy literature. — The young boy hid his penny dreadful under his mattress to avoid his father's disapproval of such trashy literature.
Critics of the era often blamed the rise in juvenile delinquency on the influence of the latest penny dreadful. — Critics of the era often blamed the rise in juvenile delinquency on the influence of the latest penny dreadful.
ペニー・ドレッドフル in English
English translations of ペニー・ドレッドフル (penny dreadful):
See "Penny dreadful" in the English dictionary
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