| 词汇 | whodunit |
| 释义 | whodunit noun[ C ] USinformal(UKwhodunnit)us/ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/uk /ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/ a story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it: It's one of those whodunits where you don't find out who the murderer is till the very end. Synonym mystery Types of film, play, book etc. action thriller adaptation Afrofuturism allegorical anime bodice-ripper boy-meets-girl director's cut noir non-documentary non-literary one-shot paean parody period piece potboiler sequel stream of consciousness tragicomedy weepy whodunit | American Dictionarywhodunit noun[ C ] infmlus/huˈdʌn·ət/ a story, book, or movie about a mystery and its solution Examples of whodunitwhodunit Some terms covered: abbreviation, burlesque, determiner, chapbook, documentary, epic, hexameter, kabuki, lacuna, paragram, proscenium, simile, tragic flaw, whodunit, zeugma. Chapter 8 is the keystone chapter of this whodunit book. He is also witty enough to describe it at the outset as a mystery tale: 'a "whodunit", with too many suspects and much that seems suspect'. Why, a century later, are ' ' whodunit? The debate has been to a large extent a "whodunit" on unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consider the case of someone who writes a worthwhile book—not a "whodunit" but something serious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While the judiciary will shed light, we hope, on the economic whodunit, we need further enlightenment as regards the institutional whodunit. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Who has to read a whodunit, when she knew whodunit when she read it again? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one wants to buy a book by a particular author or on a particular subject, it is no use the bookseller offering one of the latest "whodunits". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Within the community people knew "whodunit". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Solution to the whodunit is less convincing than the lead-up, with a finale that doesn't deliver on expectations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She mixes military adventure, political thriller, romance, and the whodunit in various proportions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They also produce two plays each year and these have included a wide variety of plays including classic drama; farce; comedy and whodunits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mixed well, the result is an entertaining whodunit with sufficient political and racketeer angles to make it good entertainment for general audiences. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of whodunit These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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