英语词汇“parody”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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parodyparody1 /ˈpærədi/ ●○○ noun (plural parodies)

ETYMOLOGYparody¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin parodia, from Greek, from para- ( ➔ PARA-) + aidein to sing

COLLOCATIONS► self-parody

Her act contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style).

► parody of justice

The trial was an outrageous parody of justice (=a very unfair trial).

1[countable] eng. lang. arts a song, piece of writing, television show, etc. that copies a particular well-known style in an amusing way, to make fun of it or show its faults: parody of a parody of a disaster movie2[uncountable] eng. lang. arts the method of copying a well-known style of writing, singing, TV program, etc. in an amusing way, to make fun of it or show its faults: Her act contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style).3[countable] a very bad or unacceptable copy of something: The trial was an outrageous parody of justice (=a very unfair trial).

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parodyparody2 verb (parodies, parodied, parodying) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

parody

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	parody
	he, she, it	parodies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	parodied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have parodied
	he, she, it	has parodied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had parodied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will parody
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have parodied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am parodying
	he, she, it	is parodying
	you, we, they	are parodying
Past	I, he, she, it	was parodying
	you, we, they	were parodying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been parodying
	he, she, it	has been parodying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been parodying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be parodying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been parodying

to copy someone’s style or attitude, especially in an amusing way, to make fun of it or show its faults: The book parodies traditional detective novels.—parodist noun [countable]