burlesque

英 [bɜː'lesk]美 [bɝ'lɛsk]
  • n. 作戏；滑稽戏
  • adj. 滑稽的；可笑的
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

burlesque 滑稽娱乐

来自拉丁词burra, 羊毛，粗糙的布。词源同bur, 芒刺，形容布粗糙。可能来自一种披着糙布表演的滑稽舞台剧。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. The book read like a black comic burlesque.
这本书读起来像部荒诞可笑的讽刺作品。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a burlesque of literary life
对文学生活的戏谑
来自《权威词典》
3. Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.
我们的喜剧是对莎士比亚一出悲剧的讽刺性模仿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.
他不应模仿那长者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.
那位法官受了贿赂,嘲弄了自己的高位.
来自辞典例句