单词 | send-up |
释义 | send-upn. colloquial. An act of mocking or teasing; a parody, a satire. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation > an act or instance of parody1607 caricatura1752 burlesque1753 caricature1767 take-off1845 send-up1958 piss-take1975 1958 A. 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’. 1962 Guardian 24 Dec. 4/6 ‘Merry Christmas You Suckers’.., according to the record company, is ‘a send-up of the whole commercialised business’. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 108 Gordon moved away, accepting his opinion as infallible, and never suspecting the blatant send-up. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo xi. 256 What had taken place would have been describable a decade later as a send-up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1958 |
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