名詞 melodrama:

1. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

1. I love Victorian melodrama(s).
   我喜愛維多利亞時代的情節(jié)劇。

mel.o.dra.ma

n.（名詞）

A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
情節(jié)劇，通俗鬧?。阂钥鋸埖母星?、老套的角色及人物之間的沖突為特征的戲劇，如話劇、電影或電視節(jié)目
The dramatic genre characterized by this treatment.
情節(jié)?。壕哂猩鲜鎏卣鞯膽騽∥膶W體裁
Behavior or occurrences having melodramatic characteristics.
傳奇劇式的事件（或言行）：有通俗鬧劇之特征的行為或事件

來源：
Alteration of melodrame
melodrame的變化
from French mélodrame [spoken drama that includes some musical accompaniment, melodrama]
源自 法語 mélodrame [有音樂伴奏的話劇，情節(jié)劇]
Greek melos [song]
希臘語 melos [歌曲]
French drame [drama] from Late Latin dr3ma * see drama
法語 drame [戲劇] 源自 后期拉丁語 dr3ma *參見 drama