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单词 lampoon
释义 lam·poon
I. \(ˈ)lam|pün, (ˈ)laam-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French lampon, probably from lampons! let us guzzle! (a frequent refrain in 17th century French satirical poems), 1st person plural imperative of lamper to guzzle, from Middle French, of imitative origin
1. : a polemic satire usually directed against an individual
 < had written a “scurrilous lampoon” in Latin verse about him — Douglas Stewart >
 < corridors hung with colored lampoons of English barristers — Louis Auchincloss >
— compare pasquinade
2. : a light mocking satire
 < the old farces and later musical lampoons — G.J.Nathan >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make the subject of a lampoon : ridicule, satirize
 < apart from her singing satires, she also lampoons piano styles — Clyde Gilmour >
 < was viciously lampooned by the cartoonists — Newsweek >
 < the aristocracy he had lampooned mercilessly for many years rose to his defense — Current Biography >
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