Travesty



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v.歪曲模仿, 曲解
• ［英］ n. / v.歪曲模仿, 曲解 ( a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation)
• ［类］ 反义词: paragon ( 模范典型)
• ［记］ tra ( 横) +vest ( 穿衣) +y -> 横过来穿衣 -> 歪曲
• ［例］ The play was, in their view, a travesty of the truth.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-tied; -tying)

• Date: 1673
• to make a travesty of ; parody

II. noun (plural -ties)

• Etymology: obsolete English travesty disguised, parodied, from French travesti, past participle of travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra- across (from Latin trans-) + vestire to dress, from Latin — more at vest
• Date: 1674
• 1. a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter
• 2. a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation <a travesty of justice>
• Synonyms: see caricature

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