| 单词 | burlesque |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [bə:'lesk] |
| 解释 | n.讽刺或滑稽的戏剧 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 讽刺或滑稽的戏剧(de risive caricature; parody) 【考】 doggerel : verse / burlesque : play(打油诗是一种诗/讽 刺剧是一种剧)diatribe : abuse / burlesque : mockery(攻击性演说特点是辱 骂/讽刺剧特点是嘲笑) 【记】 burl(玩笑)+esque→ 玩笑话→滑稽戏; 参考: burly(直率的, 粗壮的) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 讽刺或滑稽的戏剧 = caricature = parody(以一种不和谐的方式看待事物, 使其显得滑稽可笑的文学或戏剧作品, 比如用丑陋来表达高尚或者给一个微不足道的人以虚假的高位显爵); 脱衣舞 【记】1)burle = burla[玩笑]－滑稽戏; 参考: burly(adj 魁伟的)2)读: 不来死磕－不是真打－假打就是演戏－滑稽戏剧 【类】doggerel: verse = burlesque: play 打油诗是一种讽刺诗 = 讽刺剧是一种讽刺剧diatribe: abuse = burlesque: mockery攻击性演说特点是辱骂 = 讽刺剧特点是嘲笑 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：芭蕾 + esque 戏剧，一种象芭蕾又不是芭蕾的戏剧→芭蕾的模仿剧；bur(带刺的)+lex(词汇) or lesson；带刺的言论或发言；讽刺剧 【相关】-esque 结尾的表示风格，前面可以是人，民族等的名字，grotesque 奇异风格，arabesque阿拉伯图饰，humoresque诙谐曲 |
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