caricature
/ˈkærɪkətʃʊə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈɛrəkətʃɚ] /ˈkærɪkətʃər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈɛrəkətʃɚ] /ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/ (ame, ipa)
caricature — 名詞
- caricaturesingular
- caricaturesplural
1. a drawing or description that enlarges someone's most noticeable features until
漫畫像
把特徵故意放大來取笑的畫像或描述
a drawing or description that enlarges someone's most noticeable features until the result seems funny or foolish; also the craft of making work like this
Bao laughed when the fair artist drew his grandfather as a caricature.
Bao 看到攤位畫家把外公畫成漫畫像時笑了出來。
draw someone as a caricature
The magazine printed a caricature of the coach with giant ears.
那本雜誌刊出一幅把教練耳朵畫得特別大的漫畫像。
a caricature of someone
In her speech, Ritu's caricature of city life made everyone smile.
在演講裡，Ritu 對城市生活的誇張描寫把大家都逗笑了。
Years later, the actor seemed like a caricature of his younger self.
多年後，那位演員簡直成了自己年輕時的誇張漫畫像。
- portrait
aims at a faithful likeness instead of comic exaggeration.
- realistic depiction
tries to stay close to the subject's actual appearance or character.
文法句型
a caricature of someone
draw a caricature of someone
become a caricature of yourself
用法筆記
Usually followed by `of` plus the person or subject being exaggerated. With an article it often means one picture or description; without an article it can mean the art form in general.
常見錯誤
caricature — 動詞
- caricaturepresent simple I / you / we / they
- caricatures3rd person singular
- caricaturing-ing form
- caricaturedpast simple
1. to portray a person or thing by pushing certain features so far that the picture
漫畫化；醜化
把人或事物故意畫得滑稽可笑
to portray a person or thing by pushing certain features so far that the picture or description becomes comic
The cartoonist caricatured the mayor by shrinking the body and enlarging the head.
那位漫畫家把市長畫成頭大身小的漫畫像。
caricature someone by -ing
In the sketch, Diego caricatured his math teacher with a fake royal voice.
在短劇裡，Diego 用假裝高貴的聲音誇張描繪他的數學老師。
caricature a person in performance
The film caricatures rich tourists as helpless children on the island.
那部電影把有錢觀光客誇張描繪成島上無助的小孩。
The writer caricatured the plan as a school play run by children.
那位作者把這項計畫誇張描成一齣由孩子經營的校園戲。
- portray accurately
aims to show the subject as it really is.
- praise
speaks positively about the subject instead of ridiculing it.
文法句型
caricature someone
caricature something as something
caricature someone by -ing
用法筆記
The direct object is the person, group, or thing being distorted. Writers often add `as` or a `by` phrase to show exactly which feature has been exaggerated.