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单词 caricature
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caricature
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us
/ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/
(theartof making) adrawingor written orspokendescriptionof someone that usually makes themlooksillyby makingpartoftheirappearanceorcharactermorenoticeablethan it really is:
漫画（艺术）；讽刺画；讽刺描述
Thecharactersin his earlynovelsare a lotsubtlerthan theoverblowncaricatures in his morerecentwork.同他近期作品中夸张的讽刺描述相比，他早期小说中的人物要含蓄得多。
figurativeOver theyearshe'sbecomeagrotesquecaricatureofhimself.经过这么些年，他已经变得性情乖张，举止荒谬。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mocking and taunting
  • deride
  • derision
  • derisive
  • derisively
  • fun
  • grief
  • haze
  • layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
  • make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
  • make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
  • mimic
  • mimicry
  • mock
  • mockery
  • parody
  • sardonic
  • sardonically
  • scoff
  • scoffer
  • self-caricature
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caricature
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us
/ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/
tocreatea caricature:
用漫画表现；讽刺
Charles Dickens caricaturedlawyers(=representedthem in a way that made themlooksilly)in several of hisnovels.查尔斯•狄更斯在几部小说里对律师进行了讽刺性描述。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mocking and taunting
  • deride
  • derision
  • derisive
  • derisively
  • fun
  • grief
  • haze
  • layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
  • make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
  • make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
  • mimic
  • mimicry
  • mock
  • mockery
  • parody
  • sardonic
  • sardonically
  • scoff
  • scoffer
  • self-caricature
See more results »

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caricaturist
(Definition ofcaricaturefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

caricature| American Dictionary

caricature
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈkær·ɪ·kəˌtʃʊər,-tʃər/
adrawingor a written orspokendescriptionthat makespartof someone'sappearanceorcharactermorenoticeablethan it really is, or theskillof doing this:
[C]Isawawonderfulcaricature of thepresidentin thenewspaper.
caricature
verb[T]
us
/ˈkær·ɪ·kəˌtʃʊər,-tʃər/
to show ordescribeapersonin aridiculousway:
It’s soeasyto caricaturepoliticians.
(Definition ofcaricaturefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcaricature

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Unlike more typically-developing age mates, the late talkers do not ' comprehend ' the object names when given shape caricatures.
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Imitations of the voices of well-known figures by vocal impressionists are caricatures that exaggerate particularly salient features rather than produce acoustically accurate reproductions.
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Both typically-developing control groups were better than late talkers at recognizing shape caricatures of objects whose names they knew.
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Object categories were represented two ways : by lifelike, perceptually rich toys, and by grey caricatures of those objects' abstract shapes.
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Scholars would be regularly caricatured as either incapable of self-discipline and abstraction or excessively absorbed in their studies to the detriment of their social duties.
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Visual images such as caricatures generated and reinforced public opinion.
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By contrast, caricatures tended to depict him as an ape.
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His barbarous idols are horrific caricatures of the real thing.
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Though she graced fewer pages than the traditional fashion plate, she put her stamp on paintings, photographs, and caricatures.
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Anyone who endeavors to par r y or defuse those challenges must separa te them from the caricatures that inter mittently accompany them.
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Figure 2b shows the children's performances when asked to identify named shape caricatures.
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Because the editors did not include any explicatory comments in that or in subsequent issues, it is difficult to fully understand the caricature's significance.
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The image of the horsewoman is better understood by using a wide variety of sources, including carte-de-visite photographs, fashion journals, equitation manuals, and caricatures.
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I studied both perception and production of animal caricatures by human beings and machine programs.
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Similarly, many physicians, and leaders of some organizations that speak for them, have caricatured evidence-based health care research as promoting 'cookbook medicine'.
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