spaghetti western
spaghetti western — 名詞
1. a movie about the American Old West that was filmed cheaply in Europe, especiall
義式西部片
義大利導演的低成本西部電影
a movie about the American Old West that was filmed cheaply in Europe, especially by Italian directors in the 1960s and 1970s, noted for its strong musical scores, stylised violence, and harsh desert scenery
Eitan watched his first spaghetti western on a dusty DVD that belonged to his grandfather.
Eitan 看的第一部義式西部片是他祖父收藏的破舊 DVD。
compound noun used as a countable noun
The dramatic music in that spaghetti western made every gunfight scene feel exciting and tense.
那部義式西部片的戲劇性配樂讓每場槍戰都既刺激又緊張。
collocation: dramatic music + spaghetti western
Many spaghetti westerns were filmed in the dry hills of southern Spain, not in America.
許多義式西部片是在西班牙南部的乾燥山區拍攝的，而非在美國。
Linh did not expect the spaghetti western to contain so much dark humour and sudden violence.
Linh 沒想到那部義式西部片含有這麼多黑色幽默和突如其來的暴力場面。
- Italian western
more formal and neutral; used by film scholars and critics
- western all'italiana
the original Italian name for the genre; most specific to Italian film history
文法句型
spaghetti western + verb
用法筆記
Commonly used as a countable noun ("a spaghetti western", "many spaghetti westerns"). The term was originally dismissive but is now a neutral label for the genre.