| 单词 | caricature |
| 释义 | car·i·ca·ture I. 1. a. < the art of caricature > b. < in her rambling and her idleness she might only be a caricature of herself, but in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before — Jane Austen > 2. < a series of satirical caricatures of the faculty of a progressive college for women — Orville Prescott > 3. < the kangaroo court a caricature of justice > Synonyms: < caricature is a very special kind of portraiture, permitting extravagance and enunciating the awkward and uncomplimentary — Christian Science Monitor > < his caricature of the “gentleman” … is a biting sarcasm of the respectable, gentle, and polite bourgeois — Commonweal > burlesque is likely to imply humor sought or attained in imitation of the dignified, heavy, or grand < ridiculing follies with a burlesque as riotous as that in The Innocents Abroad — Carl Van Doren > < he whipped off his old slouch hat with an air of gallantry which reminded Dorinda of the burlesque of some royal cavalier — Ellen Glasgow > parody, like caricature, involves the heightening of a peculiar feature and, like burlesque, is likely to aim at humor. It may differ from the first in attempting less obvious and pictorial and more sustained and subtle imitation, from the second in aiming at a quieter, less boisterous effect < Dryden's method here is something very near to parody; he applies vocabulary, images, and ceremony which arouse epic associations of grandeur — T.S.Eliot > < played in the manner of a parody, an intention which … cannot possibly be recognized by any hearer who has not previously been warned of it — Eric Blom > travesty is perhaps the strongest word in the group. It may apply to any palpably extravagant imitation designed to mock and consistently sustained, especially in stylistic matters < in producing Androcles and the Lion his motion picture executor has already managed to make a public travesty of his work — New Republic > All these terms may be used in reference to a situation that contains grotesque distortion < a caricature of the truth > < a burlesque on religious observations > < a parody of justice > < a travesty on decent marriage > II. < he could draw an ill face or caricature a good one — George Lyttelton > |
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