释义 |
ˈsend-up colloq. [f. vbl. phr. to send up: see send v.1 33 f.] An act of mocking or teasing; a parody, a satire.
1958A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot 355 If she teased him a bit maliciously, it was with such caressing malice that the ragging was more like a flirtation than a ‘send up’. 1962Guardian 24 Dec. 4/6 ‘Merry Christmas You Suckers’.., according to the record company, is ‘a send-up of the whole commercialised business’. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 108 Gordon moved away, accepting his opinion as infallible, and never suspecting the blatant send-up. 1976J. I. M. Stewart Young Patullo xi. 256 What had taken place would have been describable a decade later as a send-up. |