剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - caricature collapse

caricature
[UK]/'kær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər / [US]/'ker.ɪ.kə.tʃʊr/
noun [C or U]
* (the art of making) a drawing or written or spoken description of someone, which makes part of their appearance or character more noticeable than it really is, and which usually makes them look silly
漫画（艺术）；讽刺画；讽刺描述：

1. The characters in his early novels are a lot subtler than the overblown caricatures in his more recent work.
和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。

2. figurative Over the years he's become a grotesque caricature of himself.
经过这么些年，他已经变得性情乖张，举止荒谬。

[UK]/'kær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər / [US]/'ker.ɪ.kə.tʃʊr/
verb [T]
* to create a caricature
画漫画

1. Charles Dickens caricatured lawyers (= represented them in a way which made them look silly) in several of his novels.
查尔斯‧狄更斯在几本小说里对律师进行了讽刺性描述。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - caricature collapse

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1.N-COUNT 可数名词漫画;讽刺画;夸张性（或讽刺性）描述 A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.

【搭配模式】：oft N of n

  • The poster showed a caricature of Hitler with a devil's horns and tail...

    海报漫画中的希特勒长着魔鬼的犄角和尾巴。

  • The Spanish Steps were crowded with the sellers of grotesque caricatures.

    西班牙阶梯上挤满了出售荒诞漫画的人。

2.VERB 动词把…画成漫画;用讽刺性手法描述;夸大 If you caricature someone, you draw or describe them in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：be V-ed as n

【语法信息】：Also V n as n

  • Her political career has been caricatured in headlines...

    她的政治生涯在头条新闻里遭到夸张嘲弄。

  • He was caricatured as a turnip.

    在漫画里他被画成了一棵大头菜。

3.N-COUNT 可数名词夸大;夸张 If you describe something as a caricature of an event or situation, you mean that it is a very exaggerated account of it.

【搭配模式】：usu N of n

【语用信息】：disapproval

  • Hall is angry at what he sees as a caricature of the training offered to modern-day social workers.

    在霍尔看来,当代社会工作者所受的培训被大肆夸大,他感到很气愤。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - caricature collapse

caricature
cari·ca·ture / 5kArikEtFuE(r); NAmE -tFEr; -tFur / noun1. [C] a funny drawing or picture of sb that exaggerates some of their features
   人物漫画
2. [C] a description of a person or thing that makes them seem ridiculous by exaggerating some of their characteristics
   夸张的描述:
   He had unfairly presented a caricature of my views.
   他歪曲了我的观点。
3. [U] the art of drawing or writing caricatures
   漫画艺术；漫画手法
• cari·ca·tur·ist noun verb [VN]
   [often passive] ~ sb / sth (as sth) to produce a caricature of sb; to describe or present sb as a type of person you would laugh at or not respect
   把…画成漫画；滑稽地描述:
   She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.
   她被不公正地丑化成了一个傻头傻脑的金发女郎。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - caricature collapse

caricature noun

1. funny drawing of sb

• VERB + CARICATURE draw She draws ~s of well-known politicians.

• PREPOSITION ~ of a ~ of Sherlock Holmes

2. exaggerated description of sb/sth

• ADJECTIVE crude, grotesque | mere Most of his characters were mere ~s.

• VERB + CARICATURE be, become | create

• PREPOSITION ~ of The two stars have become crude ~s of themselves.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - caricature collapse

caricature noun
⇨ parody

新牛津英语同义词词典 - caricature collapse

caricature

noun
a crude caricature of the Prime Minister
CARTOON , distorted/exaggerated drawing, distortion; parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque, mimicry, travesty, farce, pasquinade, skit, squib; informal send-up, take-off, spoof.

verb
she has turned her acute eye and pen to caricaturing her fellow actors
PARODY , satirize, lampoon, mimic, ridicule, mock, make fun of, burlesque; distort, exaggerate; informal send up, take off.

词源记忆 - caricature collapse

caricature 人物漫画
来自拉丁语carricare, 装载，词源同car, charge。原指一种表达讽刺或其它的素描画。