(pl. -ies)
1- an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect（对作家、艺术家风格, 或对一流派的夸张滑稽的）模仿作品：
the film is a parody of the horror genre
该电影是对恐怖片的嘲弄性模仿
mass noun his provocative use of parody.他对嘲弄性模仿挑衅性的应用。
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- an imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty拙劣的模仿; 滑稽的模仿：
he gave her a parody of a smile.
他向她挤眉弄眼地笑了笑。
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
1- produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre)对（作家, 艺术家, 流派）幽默夸张地模仿。
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- mimic humorously滑稽地模仿：
he parodied his friend's voice.
他怪声怪气地模仿他朋友的声音。
派生词
parodic
adjectiveparodist
noun词源
late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek parōidia 'burlesque poem', from para- 'beside' (expressing alteration) + ōidē 'ode'.