horse opera

horse opera — noun

1. a Western film or television drama centered on cowboys and frontier life in the

1.名詞C1
釋義

a Western film or television drama centered on cowboys and frontier life in the American West.

例句

Christopher rented a horse opera about a sheriff protecting a dusty border town.

rent/watch + a horse opera

Salma laughed at the old horse opera playing before the baseball game.

old horse opera on television

同義詞
  • Western

    the normal and much more common genre label in English.

  • cowboy film

    a transparent descriptive term for a movie in the same genre.

  • western series

    used when the story is shown as a television series rather than a single film.

文法句型

a horse opera

watch a horse opera

an old horse opera

用法筆記

Usually refers to older or old-fashioned Western screen stories and often sounds humorous or dated. Use it for films or television programmes, not for live horse performances.

常見錯誤

❌The riding school put on a horse opera for parents.
✅The riding school put on a horse show for parents.
💡horse opera names a Western film or TV story, not a live event with horses.
❌It is a horse opera about Roman soldiers.
✅It is a historical drama about Roman soldiers.
💡the term is used for cowboy stories set in the American West.