farce

Word family nounfarceurfarcicalityfarcefarcingadjectivefarcifarcicaladverbfarcicallyverbfarcify

Related topics: Film, Theatre

farce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun

1 [singular]FAIL an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable 闹剧场面，一团糟的场面

She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish.

她承认，采访从头到尾完全是一场闹剧。

2. [countableC, uncountableU] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used 滑稽戏；笑剧；闹剧（风格）

Examples from the Corpus

farce• The speed limits on that stretch of road are a farce.• a farce by Feydeau• More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.• But the incidents and the relationships developed along the way give it a wily balance of farce and sentiment.• I think that we should stop this farce, here and now.

Origin farce

(1500-1600) French Latin farcire “to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)”; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them

单词	farce
释义	farce Word family nounfarceurfarcicalityfarcefarcingadjectivefarcifarcicaladverbfarcicallyverbfarcify Related topics: Film, Theatre farce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun 1 [singular]FAIL an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable 闹剧场面，一团糟的场面 She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish. 她承认，采访从头到尾完全是一场闹剧。 2. [countableC, uncountableU] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used 滑稽戏；笑剧；闹剧（风格） Examples from the Corpus farce• The speed limits on that stretch of road are a farce.• a farce by Feydeau• More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.• But the incidents and the relationships developed along the way give it a wily balance of farce and sentiment.• I think that we should stop this farce, here and now. Origin farce (1500-1600) French Latin farcire “to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)”; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them
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