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

• Rebecca Gale, who led the team of dancers from Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, said the performance was in reasonably good taste and she didn't understand what the fuss was about.
  参加演出的是凯特卡小姐滑稽房子舞蹈队，该队领队翠贝卡·吉尔表示，她们的表演没有不妥的地方，她不明白观众有什么可大惊小怪的。
• Sign up for that pole-dancing or burlesque workshop, or try a general cardio dance class that lets you gaze at your reflection in the mirror while you work out.
  参加体操舞或者滑稽戏表演，或者试试普通的有氧舞蹈班，如果你这么做，你会对自己镜中的身影感到惊讶。
• These magazines were the most pitiful burlesque stuff that yon could imagine.
  这些杂志是些拙劣的东西，要多荒唐有多荒唐。
• The playful titles for each vignette draw from the style of traditional burlesque shows.
  每一幕场景的有趣的标题均来源于传统的喜剧表演风格。
• We could have joined any burlesque show in the country.
  我们原本可以参加国内任何一档滑稽歌舞剧表演的。
• 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。
• Her latest play features satire and burlesque.
  她最近的剧作充满讽刺与嘲弄。
• The poem is really a burlesque.
  这首诗的确是一首讽刺打油诗。
• They make fun of them through ridicule, satire, or burlesque.
  他们用嘲弄讥讽或滑稽模仿来取笑他们。
• More recent writers than Irving have been unable to accept the idea that a serious style could grow out of a burlesque intention.
  甚至晚于欧文的作家也不认为诙谐文章能够产生严肃的风格。