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Parody Para Parallel Case Mock Oide Song Ode

正面 10765.parody
英 ['pærədɪ]美 ['pærədi]

背面
释义:
n. 拙劣的模仿;诙谐的改编诗文vt. 拙劣模仿
例句:
1. The first trial was a parody of justice.第一次审判是对正义的愚弄。

1. from para- "beside, parallel to" (in this case, "mock-") + oide "song, ode" (see ode).2. ode => parody.
parody 滑稽剧,滑稽模仿来自拉丁语parodia,滑稽剧,滑稽模仿,来自para-,在旁,在周围,-odia,吟唱,吟咏,词源同ode,comedy,melody.
parodyparody: see prosodyparody (n.)1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of Latin parodia "parody," from Greek paroidia "burlesque song or poem," from para- "beside, parallel to" (see para- (1), in this case, "mock-") + oide "song, ode" (see ode). The meaning "poor or feeble imitation" is from 1830. Related: Parodic; parodical.parody (v.)c. 1745, from parody (n.). Related: Parodied; parodying."

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