dra‧ma W3 AC / drɑmə $ drɑmə, dræmə / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a play for the theatre, television, radio etc, usually a serious one, or plays in general → comedy :

the great traditions of ancient Greek drama

a TV/television/radio drama

the award-winning TV drama ‘Prime Suspect’

a new drama series for Saturday nights

a drama critic

a courtroom drama (= one that takes place in a court of law )

a lavish costume drama (= one about events in a past century )

He plays a Russian spy in the comedy drama ‘Sleepers’.

2 [不可数名词] acting – used when talking about it as a subject to study or teach :

young actors coming out of drama school

our drama teacher

3 [可数和不可数名词] an exciting event or set of events, or the quality of being exciting :

Maggie’s life is always full of drama.

accidents, burst pipes, and other domestic dramas

a night of high drama (= very exciting events )

the drama of the moment

4 make a drama out of something to become upset about a small problem and make it seem worse than it really is :

Brian always makes such a drama out of everything.

5 drama queen a woman or homosexual man who tends to behave as if situations are worse than they really are – used to show disapproval

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + drama

a TV/television/radio drama The book has been made into a television drama.

a costume drama (= about events in history, in which people wear costumes from that time ) a costume drama set in 17th century France

a historical drama (= about events in the past ) She starred in a historical drama about Marie Antoinette.

a medical/hospital drama (= about events in a hospital ) He played a doctor in the US medical drama ‘ER’.

a crime drama (= about a crime or crimes ) ‘American Gangster’ is a crime drama set in 1970s New York.

a courtroom drama (= about events in a court ) The lawyer and sleuth Perry Mason was the hero of 82 courtroom dramas.

a romantic drama (= about a romance ) It is a wartime romantic drama.

a comedy/tragic drama (= about funny/very sad events ) Martin Clunes is to star in a new comedy drama.

a police/cop drama (= about the police ) ‘The Bill’ is a popular police drama.

a three-part/six-part etc drama (= having three/six etc programmes ) It’s a new four-part crime drama starting on Monday night.

a Greek drama (= a play from Ancient Greece ) the tragic Greek drama, ‘Oedipus’

drama + NOUN

a drama series/serial (= a number of programmes with the same characters ) It is one of the longest-running drama series on Japanese television.