travesty英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

— A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior). proscribed,sometimes

— Spurs survived the scare - and such was their domination after the break that it would have been a travesty had Arsenal escaped Wembley, hosting a Premier League record attendance of 83,222, with a draw.

动词 v.

To make a travesty of; to parody. transitive

词形变化

travesties plural travesties present,singular,third-person travestying participle,present travestied participle,past travestied past

词汇关系

近义词

caricature feign

反义词

veracity

衍生词

tragesty travestiment

词源

词源 1

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.

词源 2

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.