A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
例句
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。...a trio of burlesque Moscow stereotypes.一部嘲弄莫斯科老观念的滑稽三重唱
英汉词典释义
n.
滑稽模仿
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。
vt. & vi.
(嘲弄地)模仿;(通过模仿)取笑
He shouldn’t burlesque the elder.他不应模仿那长者。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
2. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way