meta
adjective
uk/ˈmet.ə/us/ˈmet̬.ə/(of something that is written orperformed) referring to itself or to something ofitsowntype:
(写作或表演作品)自身的,同类的It's a metajoke. It'ssortof ajokeaboutjokes.这本身就是一个笑话。是一个关于笑话的笑话。
I amstandingat mydesktypingthis about themediarightnow. Itfeelsvery meta.我现在正站在办公桌前打这篇关于媒体的文章。我感觉就是在写自己。
- Thetruelegendof thecrystalskull,perhaps, isitsabilitytoinspirelegends. It's all very meta.
- Paul Auster is the most meta of Americanmetafictionalwriters.
- That was the secondfunniestcross-series metareferenceever.
- Ifoundthisepisodetooself-conscious, too "lookat how meta everything is" for mytaste.
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- melodrama
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- shoot-em-up
- smash