caricatures

英 [ˈkærɪkətʃʊəz]

美 [ˈkærɪkətʃərz]

n.  人物漫画; 夸张的描述; 漫画艺术; 漫画手法
v.  把…画成漫画; 滑稽地描述
caricature的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 漫画;讽刺画;夸张性（或讽刺性）描述
  Acaricature ofsomeone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 把…画成漫画;用讽刺性手法描述;夸大
  If youcaricaturesomeone, you draw or describe them in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical.
  1. 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。
  2. He was caricatured as a turnip.
     在漫画里他被画成了一棵大头菜。
• N-COUNT 夸大;夸张
  If you describe something as acaricature ofan event or situation, you mean that it is a very exaggerated account of it.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Caricatures are usually done for amusement or satire.
  漫画通常用来取乐或讽刺。
• At the end of the nineteenth century, German government began to introduce new systems of censorship in the basis of the old one, which covered books, newspapers, magazines, dramas and caricatures.
  十九世纪末叶，德国政府在原有审查制度的基础上，引入新的文化审查，涵盖从书籍、报刊、戏剧和漫画等多种内容。
• The Political Religions of the past century are being given up in favour of varieties often, sadly, fundamentalist caricatures of traditional faiths.
  人们放弃了过去一个世纪的政治宗教，转向各种传统信仰，但不幸的是，这些信仰常常是对基要主义的滑稽模仿。
• They are far duller folk than their caricatures and the offences they are accused of crumble on closer examination.
  与被滑稽化的讽刺漫画形象以及毁灭近期检验结果所引发的攻击相比，他们不过是一些极其单调乏味的人。
• Thankfully James Gillray is also there, and his ★ biting [ 29] caricatures lift the spirits.
  令人欣慰的是，这里面也包括了詹姆斯•基尔雷，他的讽刺画发人深省，令人精神振奋。
• One of his favourite caricatures is "the crumbling parliament" by Steve bell.
  他最喜欢的一幅漫画是史蒂夫贝尔的“崩溃的国会”（thecrumblingparliament）。
• In baths and gay bars, some gays dressed up as caricatures of the most macho of men.
  在澡堂或者gaybar，一些男人穿着非常夸张凸显极致的男性魅力。
• Stereotypes and caricatures exist about occupations or professions.
  对于职业，存在着模式化和漫画似的认识。
• After training, the centers of the network come to resemble caricatures of male and female faces.
  比对之后，网路中心往往会出现男女脸部特徵相似的夸张肖像画。
• Energetic dancers, wearing colourful wooden or composition face masks and stylised costumes, depict heroes, demons, death heads, animals, gods, and caricatures of common people.
  精力充沛的舞者，戴着华美的木制或合成的面具，穿着有固定风格的服装，扮演英雄、魔鬼、死神、动物、神和人们熟知的丑角。