词汇 | send-up |
释义 | send someone upphrasal verb with sendverb[ T ]uk /send/ us /send/sent | sent (PRISON)USinformal(UKsend someone down) to send someone to prison: 将(某人)送进监狱 He was sent up for armed robbery.他因持枪抢劫被判入狱。 She was sent up for three years.她被判入狱3年。 Putting people in prison at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom bang someone up bar behind barsidiom bird commit immured imprison imprisonment in custody incarcerate intern lock pen remand remand someone in custody restraint rot rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom stretch send someone/something upphrasal verb with sendverb[ T ]uk /send/ us /send/sent | sent UKinformal to make someone or something seem stupid by copying him, her, or it in a funny way: 滑稽地模仿以取笑 The show was very funny - they were sending up sports commentators.表演十分滑稽——他们在模仿体育评论员的样子。 See also send-up Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lampoon 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 tauntingly send-up noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈsend.ʌp/ us /ˈsend.ʌp/ an act of making someone or something seem stupid by copying him, her, or it in a funny way: 讽刺,开玩笑式的模仿 He does a brilliant send-up of the prime minister.他对首相的模仿讽刺非常精彩。 Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lampoon 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 tauntingly Examples of send someone upsend someone up Some young producers achieve productions so unconventional that they literally become a send-up of the work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The actor uses a send-up of his personal problems to make general comments on social and political grievances or human character flaws. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This film does contain some humorous moments, but it's not of the spoof or send-up variety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The final act consisted of a slapstick musical plantation skit or a send-up of a popular play. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was an absolutely brilliant, deadpan send-up of adventure comics, but with a very edgy, modernist kind of approach. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a parody/send-up of several different radio programs of the era, particularly the then-popular community sing programs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The medley was a send-up of the original recording. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The book is to a large extent a send-up of the hardboiled school of crime writing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The movie is both a send-up and tribute to many of the science fiction and horror movies from the 1930s up to the 1970s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By standing on its own outside of continuity, the episode gives itself plenty of room to send-up the series premise and its early internet fandom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She did take on some dangerous foes, but her strip was less an action-packed comic than a send-up of them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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