farce

noun

/fɑːs/

/fɑːrs/

[countable, uncountable]

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a funny play for the theatre based on silly and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance
- a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex)
Extra Examples
- Farce is often looked down upon by serious theatre goers.
- Feydeau's classic bedroom farce is set in turn-of-the-century Paris.
Topics Film and theatrec2
a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes silly
- The trial was a complete farce.
Extra Examples
- The debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other.
- The whole procedure has become a complete farce.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complete
- total
verb + farce
- become
- degenerate into
- end in
- …
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, literally ‘stuffing’, from farcir ‘to stuff’, from Latin farcire. An earlier sense of ‘forcemeat stuffing’ became used metaphorically for comic interludes “stuffed” into the texts of religious plays, which led to the current usage.

单词	farce
释义	farce noun /fɑːs/ /fɑːrs/ [countable, uncountable] jump to other results a funny play for the theatre based on silly and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex) Extra Examples Farce is often looked down upon by serious theatre goers. Feydeau's classic bedroom farce is set in turn-of-the-century Paris. Topics Film and theatrec2 a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes silly The trial was a complete farce. Extra Examples The debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other. The whole procedure has become a complete farce. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective complete total verb + farce become degenerate into end in … See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, literally ‘stuffing’, from farcir ‘to stuff’, from Latin farcire. An earlier sense of ‘forcemeat stuffing’ became used metaphorically for comic interludes “stuffed” into the texts of religious plays, which led to the current usage.
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