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Travesty Dressed Disguise Trævisti V./N.歪曲模仿,曲解 英 N./V.歪曲模仿,曲解 Debased

单词 travesty
音标 ['trævisti]
解释 v./n.歪曲模仿,曲解
红宝书 【英】 n./v.歪曲模仿,曲解 (a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation)
【考】 反义词:paragon(模 范典型)
【记】 tra(横)+vest(穿衣)+ y→横过来穿衣→歪曲
【例】 The play was, in their view, a travesty of the truth.
字源 travesty (n.)
1670s, "literary burlesque of a serious work," from adjective meaning "dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesqued" (1660s), from French travesti "dressed in disguise," past participle of travestir "to disguise" (1590s), from Italian travestire "to disguise," from Latin trans- "over" (see trans-) + vestire "to clothe" (see wear (v.)).
不择手段背单词 n. /v. (夸张或怪诞的贬低身份的)歪曲模仿
【记】tra横, vest穿衣, y-横过来穿衣-滑稽模仿
【反】paragon(n 模范)
趣味全助记 【记】tra = trans 转换 + vest 穿衣,换穿别人衣服 滑稽模仿
【相关】parody 滑稽或拙劣的模仿

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