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lampoon

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lampoon
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he / she / it lampoons
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past simple lampooned
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past participle lampooned
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-ing form lampooning
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  1. lampoon somebody/something to criticize somebody/something publicly in a humorous way that makes them/it look silly 嘲讽；讥讽synonym satirize
    • His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time.他的漫画毫不留情地嘲讽了他那个年代的政治人物。🔊🔊
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.

lampoon

noun
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  1. a piece of writing that criticizes somebody/something and makes them/it look silly讽刺文章；幽默讽刺作品
    • Such lampoons of royalty were previously found only in the foreign press.以前只有外国媒体才发现过这样的版税皇室。
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.