Burlesque
[bɜː'lesk] or [bɝ'lɛsk]
解释:
(noun.) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease).
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; 'burlesque theater' .
布兰奇手打--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
(n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
(n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
(n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
(v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
(v. i.) To employ burlesque.
编辑:思朋斯
同义词及近义词:
a. Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical, ludicrous, jocular, sportive.
n. Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation.
v. a. Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous.
录入:卡利
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Parody, travesty, satire, caricature, grotesque, droll, farcical, comic,ludicrous
ANT:Classic, pure, severe, tragic, historic, grave, truthful
手打:旺达
解释:
n. a ludicrous representation—in speaking acting writing drawing—a low and rude grade of the comic whose legitimate office is to turn to laughter pretension and affectation.—adj. jocular: comical.—v.t. to turn into burlesque: to ridicule.—p.adj. Burlesqued′ caricatured.—adv. Burlesque′ly.
整理:米莉
例句:
- It would be quite a burlesque. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- After my experience I should consider it too much of a burlesque to go to church and take a wife. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- By this means the attention of the public was fixed on that paper, and Keimer's proposals, which we burlesqued and ridiculed, were disregarded. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
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