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    lampoon

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lam·poon /læmˈpuːn/ verb [transitive]  MAKE FUN OFto criticize someone or something in a humorous way that makes them seem stupid 讽刺，挖苦 SYN parody The prime minister was frequently lampooned in political cartoons. 首相在政治漫画里频遭嘲讽。 —lampoon noun [countable]→ See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    lampoon• Trudeau regularly lampoons the president in his comic strip.    Origin lampoon (1600-1700) French lampon, probably from lampons “let us drink” (used in drinking songs), from lamper “to drink”
    lam·poon verbChineseSyllable
    to criticize that way or in humorous a something Corpus someone


    lampoon
    lam‧poon /læmˈpuːn/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: lampon, probably from lampons 'let us drink' (used in drinking songs), from lamper 'to drink'
    to criticize someone or something in a humorous way that makes them seem stupid
       SYN  parody:
        The Prime Minister was frequently lampooned in political cartoons.
    —lampoon noun [countable]


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    lam·poonBrE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊NAmE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they lampoon BrE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊 NAmE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it lampoons BrE /læmˈpuːnz/ 🔊 NAmE /læmˈpuːnz/ 🔊past simple lampooned BrE /læmˈpuːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /læmˈpuːnd/ 🔊past participle lampooned BrE /læmˈpuːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /læmˈpuːnd/ 🔊 -ing form lampooning BrE /læmˈpuːnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /læmˈpuːnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to criticize sb/sth publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it look ridiculous 嘲讽；讥讽 SYN satirize ◆His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time. 他的漫画毫不留情地嘲讽了他那个年代的政治人物。🔊🔊
    lam·poonBrE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊NAmE /læmˈpuːn/ 🔊 nouna piece of writing that criticizes sb/sth and makes them or it look ridiculous 讽刺文章；幽默讽刺作品