Burlesque

(noun.) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease).

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; 'burlesque theater' .

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• It would be quite a burlesque. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• After my experience I should consider it too much of a burlesque to go to church and take a wife. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• By this means the attention of the public was fixed on that paper, and Keimer's proposals, which we burlesqued and ridiculed, were disregarded. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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