an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect (对作家、艺术家风格,或对一流派的夸张滑稽的)模仿作品 the film is a parody of the horror genre. 该电影是对恐怖片的嘲弄性模仿。 [mass noun]his provocative use of parody. 他那挑衅性的滑稽的模仿。 ■an imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty 拙劣的模仿;滑稽的模仿 he gave her a parody of a smile. 他向她挤眉弄眼地笑了笑。
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.]produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre) 对(作家,艺术家,流派)幽默夸张地模仿 ■mimic humorously 滑稽地模仿 he parodied his friend's voice. 他怪声怪气地模仿他朋友的声音。
派生 parodic adjective parodist noun 语源
late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek parōidia 'burlesque poem', from para- 'beside' (expressing alteration) + ōidē 'ode'