soap opera
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsəʊp ˌɒp.ər.ə/ us/ˈsoʊp ˌɑː.pɚ.ə/ (informal soap)
B1 肥皂剧（展示一群角色的生活与遭遇的系列电视或广播节目，持续很长时间，通常每周（多次）播出）
a series of television or radio programmes about the lives and problems of a particular group of characters. The series continues over a long period and is broadcast (several times) every week.
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- It is her proud boast that she has never missed a single episode of the soap opera.
- The new soap opera will be screened, wait for it, five times each day.
- I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly addicted.
- He was interviewing some soap star.
- I don't have time to watch any of the soaps.