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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Arts
    pas·tiche /pæˈstiːʃ/ noun  1  [countable]A a piece of writing, music, film etc that is deliberately made in the style of someone or something else 〔文章、音乐、电影等的〕模仿作品 → parodypastiche of The film is a pastiche of the Hollywood Wild West. 这部电影模仿了好莱坞西部片。2. [countable]A a work of art that consists of a variety of different styles put together 风格驳杂的艺术作品，混成作品，集锦3. [uncountable]A the practice of making a piece of writing, music, film etc using the style of something else or using a variety of different styles 模仿[混成]的艺术手法[实践]
    Examples from the Corpus
    pastiche• But this is quite clearly a pastiche by two journalists desperate to match the efforts of rival newspapers.• Without the space, though, the rendering might be an ill-conceived pastiche.• As writer of a straight historical crime book you can, however, learn something from pastiches.• And one of these hands may wield the instrument of pastiche.• They sat at separate tables and waited until the band started its last set with a synthesised pastiche of Hello Dolly.pastiche of• Jong's novel is a pastiche of journals, letters, and interviews.    Origin pastiche (1800-1900) French Italian pasticcio “pie, mixture”, from Late Latin pasta; → PASTE1
    pas·tiche nounChineseSyllable
    that of music, is writing, piece etc Corpus a film


    pastiche
    pas‧tiche /pæˈstiːʃ/ noun
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: French
     Origin: Italian pasticcio __pie, mixture__, from Late Latin pasta; ⇨ paste1
    1. [countable] a piece of writing, music, film etc that is deliberately made in the style of someone or something else ⇨ parody
        pastiche of
        The film is a pastiche of the Hollywood Wild West.
    2. [countable] a work of art that consists of a variety of different styles put together
    3. [uncountable] the practice of making a piece of writing, music, film etc using the style of something else or using a variety of different styles


    pas·ticheBrE /pæˈstiːʃ/ 🔊NAmE /pæˈstiːʃ/ 🔊 noun [countable] a work of art, piece of writing, etc. that is created by deliberately copying the style of sb/sth else 刻意模仿的文艺作品；模仿作品◆a pastiche of the classic detective story经典侦探故事的仿作 [countable] a work of art, etc. that consists of a variety of different styles （集多种风格于一身的）混成作品，集锦 [uncountable] the art of creating a pastiche 模仿艺术；模仿技艺