burlesque

英 [bɜːˈlesk]

美 [bɜːrˈlesk]

n.  滑稽讽刺表演(或作品); 滑稽娱乐(曾经风靡美国，常伴有脱衣舞)
adj.  嘲弄地模仿的; 滑稽剧的，用滑稽剧的
v.  模仿嘲弄; 取笑

复数：burlesques　过去分词：burlesqued　现在分词：burlesquing　过去式：burlesqued　第三人称单数：burlesques　

GRE

BNC.37858 / COCA.25695

牛津词典

noun

• 滑稽讽刺表演（或作品）
  a performance or piece of writing which tries to make sth look ridiculous by representing it in a humorous way
  1. a burlesque of literary life
     对文学生活的戏谑
• 滑稽娱乐（曾经风靡美国，常伴有脱衣舞）
  a type of entertainment, popular in the past in the US, involving humorous acts, singing, dancing, etc. and often including striptease

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 滑稽讽刺表演（或文章）；装滑稽取笑；嘲弄
  Aburlesqueis a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also useburlesqueto refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
  1. The book read like a black comic burlesque.
     这本书读起来像部荒诞可笑的讽刺作品。
  2. ...a trio of burlesque Moscow stereotypes.
     一部嘲弄莫斯科老观念的滑稽三重唱

英英释义

noun

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeofftravestycharadepasquinadeput-on
• a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor

verb

• make a parody of
  1. The students spoofed the teachers
  Synonym:spoofparody

adj

• relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
  1. burlesque theater

双语例句

• He just is a second banana in that burlesque.
  他只不过是那场滑稽戏里的配角。
• A performance, as in a burlesque act, in which a person slowly removes clothing, usually to musical accompaniment.
  一种表演，如在滑稽歌舞表演中，表演者通常随音乐节奏缓慢地脱去衣物。
• I think most of his poems are pieces of burlesque.
  我认为他的诗中大多数是滑稽讽刺作品。
• The burlesque element weakens the serious portions of the book.
  书里的戏谑成分使严肃部分受到损害。
• His latest play is not as much a farce as a burlesque tragedy.
  他最近的一个剧本与其说是一个滑稽剧，不如说是一个滑稽的悲剧。
• They were first seen publicly together this June at the French Open but they first met when starring opposite each other in Burlesque Fairytales in 2009.
  今年6月份的法国网球公开赛期间，两人第一次在公开场合共同出现，不过他们的初识却是在2009年两人在电影《滑稽戏童话》中演对手戏的时候。
• The poem is really a burlesque.
  这首诗的确是一首讽刺打油诗。
• But, Nabokov's relationship to this modernist past is not just the burlesque that he visits on Eliot, is not just this complicated attraction and dis-identification that he works on with Proust.
  但是，纳博科夫和现代主义者的关系不只是，他对艾略特的滑稽模仿，也不只是和普鲁斯特，复杂的吸引和不认同。
• It was a double barrier he knocked down: a white man dancing like a black man, and a white man dancing almost like a woman, like a burlesque queen.
  他突破了双重藩篱：他是舞技宛如黑人的白人，而且是舞技宛如女人、宛如脱衣舞后的白种男人。
• By taking bribe the judge made a burlesque of his high office
  那位法官受了贿赂，嘲弄了自己的高位