travesty

FREQ #25981

n. 拙劣的模仿作品, 嘲弄, 滑稽模仿 vt. 滑稽地模仿, 歪曲

发音

US /ˈtɹæv.ɪs.ti/

词形变化

travesties 复数 travesties travestied travesties 三单 travestying travestying 现在分词 travestied 过去式 travestied 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

    拙劣的模仿

    A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.

  2. 2.

    A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).

  3. 3.

    An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a travesty of; to parody.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

farce takeoff mockery burlesque parody spoof lampoon pasquinade put-on send-up

上位词 4

comedy imitation impersonation caricature
动词

上位词 3

burlesque parody spoof

词源

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.

来源：wiktionary