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thriller

noun
🔊/ˈθrɪlə(r)/
🔊/ˈθrɪlər/
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  1. a book, play or film with an exciting story, especially one about crime or spying（尤指关于罪案或间谍的）惊险小说（或戏剧、电影）
    • a spy thriller惊险间谍小说(或电影等)
    • a thriller writer惊险小说作家
    Extra Examples
    • a gripping political thriller扣人心弦的政治惊险片
    • a new thriller by this American writer这位美国作家新创作的惊险小说
    • one of the characters in the thriller惊险小说中的角色之一
    Topics Literature and writingb1, Film and theatreb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gripping
    • taut
    • best-selling
    • …
    verb + thriller
    • craft
    • direct
    • write
    • …
    thriller + noun
    • writer
    • genre
    preposition
    • in a/​the thriller
    • thriller by
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