burlesque

[US]/bɜːˈlesk/
[UK]/bɜːrˈlesk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 滑稽模仿,滑稽歌舞雜劇
adj. 嘲弄地模仿的滑稽劇的
vt. & vi. (嘲弄地)模仿,取笑
Word Forms
複數burlesques
第三人稱單數burlesques
過去式burlesqued
過去分詞burlesqued
現在分詞burlesquing

Phrases & Collocations

burlesque show

滑稽秀

burlesque performance

滑稽表演

Example Sentences

the funniest burlesque of music hall.

音樂廳最有趣的滑稽作品。

burlesque a person's way of talking

模仿某人講話的樣子, 藉以諷刺他

Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.

我們的喜劇是對莎士比亞一出悲劇的諷刺性模仿。

He shouldn’t burlesque the elder.

他不應模仿那長者。

a mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.

一出模仿王政復辟時期英雄劇的笑劇。

The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice.

辯護律師們滑稽的動作將審判變成了對正義的滑稽的模仿

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