English Dictionary

burlesque

IPA（発音記号）

/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody. / A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

日本語の意味

風刺的な模倣芸、パロディーとしての芸術形式 / アダルトエンターテイメントの一形態で、ストリップティーズなどを伴うショー

Her burlesque of the politician was so biting that the audience couldn't stop laughing.

彼女の嘲りを込めたパロディはあまりにも辛辣で、観客は笑いを止められなかった。

意味（1）

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.

意味（2）

A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

意味（3）

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?

burlesques （ plural ）