Caricature

GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

[编辑] 解释

I. noun

Etymology: Italian caricatura, literally, act of loading, from caricare to load, from Late Latin carricare
Date: 1712
1. exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
2. a representation especially in literature or art that has the qualities of caricature
3. a distortion so gross as to seem like caricature
? caricatural adjective
? caricaturist noun
Synonyms:
- caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation. caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject <caricatures of politicians in cartoons. burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment nightclub burlesque of a trial in court. parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work witty parody of a popular novel. travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd<this production is a travesty of the opera.

II. transitive verb (-tured; -turing)

Date: circa 1771
to make or draw a caricature of ; represent in caricature <the portrait caricatured its subject