• n. 作戲；滑稽戲
• adj. 滑稽的；可笑的

來自拉丁詞burra, 羊毛，粗糙的布。詞源同bur, 芒刺，形容布粗糙。可能來自一種披著糙布表演的滑稽舞臺劇。

burlesque

burlesque: [17] French is the immediate source of English burlesque, but French got it from Italian burlesco, a derivative of burla ‘joke, fun’. This may come from Vulgar Latin *burrula, a derivative of late Latin burra ‘trifle’, perhaps the same word as late Latin burra ‘wool, shaggy cloth’.

burlesque (n.)

1660s, "derisive imitation, grotesque parody," from French burlesque (16c.), from Italian burlesco, from burla "joke, fun, mockery," possibly ultimately from Late Latin burra "trifle, nonsense," literally "flock of wool." Modern sense of "variety show featuring striptease" is American English, 1870. Originally (1857) "the sketches at the end of minstrel shows." As a verb, from 1670s.

1. The book read like a black comic burlesque.

這本書讀起來像部荒誕可笑的諷刺作品。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a burlesque of literary life

對文學生活的戲謔

來自《權威詞典》

3. Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.

我們的喜劇是對莎士比亞一出悲劇的諷刺性模仿.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.

他不應模仿那長者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.

那位法官受了賄賂,嘲弄了自己的高位.

來自辭典例句