travesty 音标拼音: [tr'ævəsti]
n . 滑稽化的作品,漫画,滑稽模仿
vt . 使滑稽化,歪曲
滑稽化的作品,漫画,滑稽模仿使滑稽化,歪曲
travesty n 1 :
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations [
synonym : {
farce }, {
farce comedy }, {
travesty }]
2 :
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody '
s style ,
usually in a humorous way [
synonym : {
parody }, {
lampoon },
{
spoof }, {
sendup }, {
mockery }, {
takeoff }, {
burlesque },
{
travesty }, {
charade }, {
pasquinade }, {
put -
on }]
v 1 :
make a travesty of Travesty \
Trav "
es *
ty \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Travestied };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Travesting }.]
To translate ,
imitate ,
or represent ,
so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous .
[
1913 Webster ]
I see poor Lucan travestied ,
not appareled in his Roman toga ,
but under the cruel shears of an English tailor .
--
Bentley .
[
1913 Webster ]
Travesty \
Trav "
es *
ty \,
a . [
F .
travesti ,
p .
p .
of travestir to disguise ,
to travesty ,
It .
travestire ,
fr .
L .
trans across ,
over vestire to dress ,
clothe .
See {
Vest }.]
Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous ;
travestied ; --
applied to a book or shorter composition . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Travesty \
Trav "
es *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Travesties }.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work .
[
1913 Webster ]
The second edition is not a recast ,
but absolutely a travesty of the first . --
De Quincey .
[
1913 Webster ]
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "
travesty ":
Atticism ,
aggrandize ,
aggrandizement ,
agile wit ,
amplification ,
amplify ,
anamorphosis ,
ape ,
bad likeness ,
ballyhoo ,
belie ,
big talk ,
black humor ,
blowing up ,
botch ,
build up ,
burlesque ,
camouflage ,
caricature ,
carry too far ,
color ,
comedy ,
copy ,
daub ,
dilatation ,
dilation ,
disguise ,
distort ,
distortion ,
draw the longbow ,
dry wit ,
dummy ,
duplication ,
enhancement ,
enlargement ,
esprit ,
exaggerate ,
exaggerating ,
exaggeration ,
excess ,
exorbitance ,
expansion ,
extravagance ,
extreme ,
facsimile ,
falsify ,
farce ,
garble ,
go to extremes ,
grandiloquence ,
heightening ,
hit off on ,
huckstering ,
humor ,
hyperbole ,
hyperbolism ,
hyperbolize ,
imitate ,
imitation ,
inflation ,
inordinacy ,
irony ,
knockoff ,
lampoon ,
lay it on ,
magnification ,
magnify ,
make much of ,
mimicry ,
miscolor ,
misquote ,
misreport ,
misrepresent ,
misstate ,
misteach ,
mock ,
mock -
up ,
mockery ,
model ,
nimble wit ,
overcharge ,
overdo ,
overdraw ,
overemphasis ,
overestimate ,
overestimation ,
overkill ,
overpraise ,
overreach ,
overreact ,
oversell ,
overspeak ,
overstate ,
overstatement ,
overstress ,
paraphrase ,
parody ,
pastiche ,
pervert ,
pile it on ,
pleasantry ,
pretty wit ,
prodigality ,
profuseness ,
puff ,
puffery ,
puffing up ,
quick wit ,
ready wit ,
replica ,
representation ,
reproduction ,
ridicule ,
salt ,
sarcasm ,
satire ,
satirize ,
savor of wit ,
scratch ,
scribble ,
sensationalism ,
sham ,
slant ,
slapstick ,
slapstick humor ,
squib ,
stretch ,
stretch the truth ,
stretching ,
subtle wit ,
superlative ,
take off ,
take off on ,
takeoff ,
talk big ,
talk in superlatives ,
tall talk ,
tout ,
touting ,
twist ,
understate ,
version ,
visual humor ,
warp ,
wicked imitation ,
wit ,
wrench
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