with obj.
- publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm公开讽刺(或挖苦):
the actor was lampooned by the British press.
演员受到英国报界的挖苦。
- a speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way讽刺言论, 讽刺文章。
派生词
lampooner
nounlampoonist
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from French lampon, said to be from lampons 'let us drink' (used as a refrain), from lamper 'gulp down', nasalized form of laper 'to lap (liquid)'.