lampoon
noun[C]
uk/læmˈpuːn/us/læmˈpuːn/apieceof writing, adrawing, etc. thatcriticizesafamouspersonor apublicorganizationin ahumorousway,allowingtheiroritsbadqualitiesto beseenand making them or itseemstupid:
讽刺文章;讽刺漫画Themagazineisfamedforitsmercilesspoliticallampoons.该杂志以其笔锋犀利的政治讽刺文章而闻名。
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parodynoun
satire
spoofnoun
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- melodrama
- procedural
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- smash
lampoon
verb[T]
uk/læmˈpuːn/us/læmˈpuːn/tocriticizeafamouspersonor apublicorganizationin apieceof writing, adrawing, etc., in ahumorousway,allowingtheiroritsbadqualitiesto beseenand making them or itseemstupid:
Manycelebritiesare lampooned on thissatiricalwebsite.
Theskitbrilliantlylampoonsupper-classsociety.
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parodyverb
satirize
spoofverbUSinformal
- He was lampooned in theconservativepress.
- It's acartoonlampooning thetangleoftrafficthat gridlocks midtownstreets.
- During his twotermsaspresident, he was often lampooned for hisloveofjunkfood.
Mocking and taunting
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- derisively
- grief
- haze
- laugh insomeone'sfaceidiom
- layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
- make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
- make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mock
- parody
- ridicule
- sardonic
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer