burlesque: [17] French is the immediate source of English burlesque, but French got it from Italian burlesco, a derivative of burla ‘joke, fun’. This may come from Vulgar Latin *burrula, a derivative of late Latin burra ‘trifle’, perhaps the same word as late Latin burra ‘wool, shaggy cloth’.
burlesque (n.)
1660s, "derisive imitation, grotesque parody," from French burlesque (16c.), from Italian burlesco, from burla "joke, fun, mockery," possibly ultimately from Late Latin burra "trifle, nonsense," literally "flock of wool." Modern sense of "variety show featuring striptease" is American English, 1870. Originally (1857) "the sketches at the end of minstrel shows." As a verb, from 1670s.
雙語例句
1. The book read like a black comic burlesque.
這本書讀起來像部荒誕可笑的諷刺作品。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a burlesque of literary life
對(duì)文學(xué)生活的戲謔
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.
我們的喜劇是對(duì)莎士比亞一出悲劇的諷刺性模仿.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.
他不應(yīng)模仿那長者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.