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单词 spoof
释义 spoof
I. \ˈspüf\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: from Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts died 1933 English comedian
transitive verb
1. : to deceive by a hoax : delude
 < managed to spoof and terrorize the local officials by impersonating a government inspector — Edmund Stevens >
 < who had often been spoofed but who was still anxious to get at the truth — Saturday Review >
2. : to make good-natured fun of often by means of a misrepresentation
 < the witty screenplay … spoofs this very quality — Los Angeles (Calif.) Examiner >
 < a deft satire … it … spoofs traveling salesmen — Amy Loveman >
 < spoof social customs — John McCarten >
also : kid, guy
 < they're kidding you … don't let them spoof you — Agnes N. Keith >
intransitive verb
1. : to use or practice deceit
 < honesty pays … if I spoof I shall get found out — Thomas Wood †1950 >
2. : to make fun of a person or thing often by means of a misrepresentation
 < their type of gently spoofing satirical fantasy — Time >
also : kid, joke
 < hear a minstrel show man spoof about one oyster in the stew — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : hoax, feint
  < one sees that the whole thing is a clumsy spoof — J.F.Runciman >
  < one day a supposed spoof might be the real thing — W.R.Frye >
 b. : humbug, nonsense
  < only don't try any more spoof about me — Joyce Cary >
2. : a light, amiable, humorous, but usually telling takeoff (as on human nature, customs, or manners) : parody
 < a pleasant spoof of all the moonstruck nonsense the movies have been dishing up — John McCarten >
 < those quiet, unpretentious, but deliciously funny spoofs of national types and customs — Arthur Knight >
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