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- a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect漫画; 夸张的描述（或模仿）。
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- mass noun the art or style of such exaggerated representation漫画艺术; 夸张的表现风格：
there are elements of caricature in the portrayal of the hero.
在对该英雄的描述中含有夸张的成分。
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- a ludicrous or grotesque version of someone or something（人或物的）可笑（或怪诞）样式：
he looked a caricature of his normal self.
他看上去和平时不一样, 挺可笑的。
with obj.(一般作be caricatured)
- make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone)对（某人）予以滑稽（或荒诞）的夸张表现, 用漫画表现：
he was famous enough to be caricatured by Punch.
他很出名, 连《笨拙周报》都为他画漫画。
派生词
caricatural
adjectivecaricaturist
noun词源
mid 18th cent.: from French, from Italian caricatura, from caricare 'load, exaggerate', from Latin carricare （see CHARGE）.