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penny dreadful

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释义
廉价的恐怖小说
A cheap paperback book, particularly thoseconcerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era

例句
DAISY ：Does anyone else keep dreaming about the Titanic? I can't get it out of my mind. But all them people freezing to death in midnight icy water.
MISS OBRIEN ：Oh, you sound like a penny dreadful. (Downton Abbey)
黛西：有人一直梦见泰坦尼克号吗？我一直无法释怀，那些在午夜冰冷的海水里冻死的人。
奥布莱恩：听起来像廉价的恐怖小说。（唐顿庄园)