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.
双语例句
1. The book read like a black comic burlesque.
这本书读起来像部荒诞可笑的讽刺作品。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a burlesque of literary life
对文学生活的戏谑
来自《权威词典》
3. Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.
我们的喜剧是对莎士比亚一出悲剧的讽刺性模仿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.
他不应模仿那长者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.
