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单词 send someone/thing up
释义

send someone/thing up

informal
1British Give an exaggerated imitation of someone or something in order to ridicule them: we used to send him up something rotten...
  • In panto I send myself up playing the Gladiator role; in this the character is sent up in the story, and there's lots of fun at everyone's expense.
  • They have an answer for that too, though: they're not just sending people up, they insist, but seeking to politicise them.
  • Filled with endless mumbo-jumbo dialogue and obvious plot twists, it never begins to convince or enthral and is populated by actors who don't know whether to strive for sincerity or just throw in the towel and send the whole thing up.

Synonyms

satirize, ridicule, make fun of, parody, lampoon, mock, caricature, imitate, ape
informal take off, spoof, take the mickey out of
archaic monkey
British vulgar slang take the piss out of
2 (send someone up) US Sentence someone to imprisonment: he was sent up for arson
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