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parody

noun
🔊/ˈpærədi/
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(plural parodies)
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of somebody/something in order to be humorous滑稽模仿作品（文章、音乐作品或表演等的滑稽模仿）
    • a parody of a horror film一部恐怖电影的仿作
    • His personality made him an easy subject for parody.他的性格使他易于成为人们搞笑模仿的对象。
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    • She has written a cruel parody of his book.她的模仿之作对他的那本书进行了无情的嘲讽。
    • The show included a parody on Hollywood action movies.这次演出中有一个讽刺好莱坞动作电影的模仿之作。
    • The show included a parody on current affairs programmes.这次演出中有一个讽刺时事节目的模仿之作。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brilliant
    • clever
    • funny
    • …
    verb + parody
    • write
    • do
    preposition
    • through parody
    • parody of
    • parody on
    • …
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  2. [countable] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or an unfair example of something that it seems silly 拙劣的模仿；荒诞不经的事synonym travesty
    • The trial was a parody of justice.那次审判是对正义的嘲弄。🔊🔊
    • This article is a grotesque parody of the truth.本文是对真相的怪诞模仿。
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    • He sighed in a parody of deep emotion.他装作动情地叹息起来。
    • She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.她成为了以前那个举止优雅的自己的怪诞模仿品。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • grotesque
    preposition
    • in a parody of
    • parody of
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    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem’, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode’.

parody

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they parody
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he / she / it parodies
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past simple parodied
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past participle parodied
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-ing form parodying
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  1. parody somebody/something to copy the style of somebody/something in an exaggerated way, especially in order to make people laugh 滑稽地模仿；夸张地演绎synonym lampoon
    • Her work parodies genres such as the thriller and the spy novel.她的作品对惊险和谍战一类小说进行夸张演绎。
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem’, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode’.