单词 | parody |
释义 | parody —parody /ˈpær.ə.di/ aep /ˈper-/ noun F0 [C or U] writing, music, art, speech, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone famous or copies a particular situation, making the features or qualities of the original more noticeable in a way that is humorous: » He was an 18th-century author who wrote parodies of other people's works.» There is a hint of self-parody in his later paintings.→ COMPARE TRAVESTY(Cf. ↑travesty)Thesaurus+: ↑Types of film, play, book etc.Thesaurus+: ↑Mocking and tauntingF0 [C] DISAPPROVING something that so obviously fails to achieve the effect that was intended that it is stupid: » "It was a parody of a trial," said one observer.Thesaurus+: ↑Failures , ↑Accidents and disasters , ↑Higher and lower points of achievementverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for parody ► F0 to copy the style of someone or something in a humorous way: » One of the papers is running a competition in which you've got to parody a well-known author.Thesaurus+: ↑Mocking and taunting |
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