burlesque
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
— Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
- A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
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A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
— Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?
动词 v.
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To make a burlesque parody of.
— When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as "burlesquing the myth of male dominance" and instead printed "he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance" it became clear that dealing with journalists was going to be one long, rocky road.
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To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
— They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.
形容词 adj.
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Parodical; parodic
— It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
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词源
词源 1
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
词源 3
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
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