单词 | spoof |
释义 | spoof From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspoofspoof /spuːf/ noun [countable]MAKE FUN OFa funny book, play, or film that copies something serious or important and makes it seem silly → take-offspoof of/on The play is a spoof on Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Julius Caesar’. a spoof documentary —spoof verb [transitive]Examples from the Corpusspoof• This novel is witty, good humored, and something of a spoof.• The scenes between the sons, all witty repartee, came close to a spoof of stagey theatrical speech.• Audiences of the time might have been forgiven for thinking the dance was a spoof.• The film was a spoof on Hollywood cop movies.• When Time Was Away appeared, Newton wrote a spoof review of it.• "A Five Minute Hamlet" is a very funny spoof of Shakespeare's most famous play.• On the whole I hate spoofs and I like everything played straight.• The best of Mel Brooks' recent spoofs.spoof of/on• "Austin Powers" is a spoof on spy films of the '60s.• The scenes between the sons, all witty repartee, came close to a spoof of stagey theatrical speech.Origin spoof (1800-1900) Invented name for a game involving deception |
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