parody

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par·o·dy1 /ˈpærədi/ ●○○ noun (plural parodies)  1  [countable, uncountable]ACOPY a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies someone or something in an amusing way 〔文章、音乐等的〕滑稽模仿作品parody of a brilliant parody of classical dance 一出对古典舞蹈精彩有趣的模仿作品in a parody of something He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome. 他一下子把门大开，夸张地表示欢迎。 Her performance contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style). 她的表演包含了强烈的自嘲元素。2  [countable]BAD something that is not a correct or acceptable example of something 拙劣的模仿parody of Although his comment was a parody of the truth, Diana was upset by it. 虽然他的话歪曲了事实，但还是让黛安娜很不安。 The trial was a parody of justice (=very unfair). 这场审判是对正义的嘲弄。

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parody• U.N. observers described the election as a parody of democratic process.• Ancient parody was free of any nihilistic denial.• Tallis has written a cruel parody of Hartman's prose.• Their faces were like the grotesque masks of street carnivals, their clothes the cruel parodies of stamping clowns.• She writes enjoyable parodies in the style of 19th century romantic novels.• Well-meant though it was, the gesture was terrible, creating a ghastly parody of femininity.• But all three novels also exhibit significant variations on parody as it has been practised in the past.• To tie in with the hubbub comes the most successful parody of the group, the Rutles.• Two or three of us smile, those of us who recognize the parody.• It's a wicked parody of space blasters, in particular Gradius.parody of justice• an outrageous parody of justiceparody2 verb (parodied, parodying, parodies) [transitive]  COPYto copy someone or something in a way that makes people laugh 滑稽地模仿 His style has often been parodied. 他的风格经常被人滑稽地模仿。 —parodist noun [countable]→ See Verb table

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parody• For example, the ability to parody a style can be a useful skill.• He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice.• Barry now parodies himself even better than Spitting Image.• Thus language begins to parody itself, and so does literature, as Joyce shows in the Ithaca section of Ulysses.• He parodied my groping stumble across the stage to the podium and gathered up the skirt to reveal hairy legs and bloomers.• The movie parodies such classics as "Gone with the Wind" and "Casablanca."• Four of them parody the fire brigade, pecking and pulling a piece of bread.• Some companies deliberately parodied the new trade-names, safe in the knowledge they would never be taken seriously.Origin parody1 (1500-1600) Latin parodia, from Greek, from para- ( → PARA-) + aidein “to sing”

par·o·dy1 nounparody2 verbChineseSyllable  

music or etc of Corpus action an a piece writing,

parody

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par‧o‧dy¹ /ˈpærədi/ noun (plural parodies)1. [uncountable and countable] a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies someone or something in an amusing way
    parody of
    a brilliant parody of classical dance
    in a parody of something
    He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome.
    Her performance contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style).
2. [countable] something that is not a correct or acceptable example of something
    parody of
    Although his comment was a parody of the truth, Diana was upset by it.
    The trial was a parody of justice (=very unfair).

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parody² verb (past tense and past participle parodied, present participle parodying, third person singular parodies) [transitive]
to copy someone or something in a way that makes people laugh:
    His style has often been parodied.
—parodist noun [countable]