| 词汇 | lampoon |
| 释义 | lampoon noun[ C ] uk /læmˈpuːn/ us /læmˈpuːn/ a piece of writing, a drawing, etc. that criticizes a famous person or a public organization in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen and making them or it seem stupid: 讽刺文章;讽刺漫画 The magazine is famed for its merciless political lampoons.该杂志以其笔锋犀利的政治讽刺文章而闻名。 Compare parodynoun satire spoofnoun Types of film, play, book etc. action thriller adaptation Afrofuturism allegorical anime bodice-ripper boy-meets-girl director's cut noir non-documentary non-literary one-shot paean parody potboiler psychological sequel stream of consciousness tragicomedy weepy lampoon verb[ T ] uk /læmˈpuːn/ us /læmˈpuːn/ to criticize a famous person or a public organization in a piece of writing, a drawing, etc., in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen and making them or it seem stupid: Many celebrities are lampooned on this satirical website. The skit brilliantly lampoons upper-class society. Compare parodyverb satirize spoofverbUSinformal He was lampooned in the conservative press. It's a cartoon lampooning the tangle of traffic that gridlocks midtown streets. During his two terms as president, he was often lampooned for his love of junk food. Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lay yourself open to ridiculeidiom make a mockery of somethingidiom make a monkey out of someoneidiom mimic mimicry mock mockery piss sardonic sardonically scoff scoffer self-caricature taunting tauntingly Examples of lampoonlampoon Unlike serious opera, comic opera was supposed morally to instruct its audience by lampooning or making ridiculous the vices of its protagonists. We might also ask: does this cartoon lampoon the husband, or does it critique the wife? It was a tract for the time, not history but a lampoon without pretence to either balance or accuracy. During the past twenty years, this movement has become a major industry, welcomed by many and lampooned by others, and often the cause of bitter argument. State authority is mercilessly satirised, the clergy is lampooned, and the convicts - that potential pool of political resistance are presented as passive at best, degenerate at worst. I think its only justification was that it produced some rather amusing and searing lampoons in the weeklies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It never states its case explicitly—although it sometimes comes near to saying it—so we cannot attack and lampoon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the time has come when we might very well revive in this country the old art of the lampoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one very easy to criticise and to lampoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is unfair to try to lampoon officers who are unable to answer back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we happy to be lampooned in such a way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been worse lampoons than that which have not come before the public eye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should not be lampooned as we have seen too often of late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have lampooned them, traduced them, defamed them and done all kinds of monstrous things to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before people lampoon hard-working officials and civil servants who gave evidence, they should remember how many other problems and challenges were on officials' plates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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