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  • Conjugation : past  travestied ; ing  travestying ; pl  travesties
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

travesty ['trævɪstɪ] ['trævɪstɪ]
  1. 1. noun (将严肃作品)诙谐化;(对文学艺术作品等的)滑稽模仿
  2. 2. noun 歪曲;效颦
    a trial that was a travesty of justice
    一次歪曲司法的审判
  3. 3. vt. 滑稽模仿歪曲

Collins English-English Dictionary

travesty ['trævɪstɪ]
  1. 1. n a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to make or be a travesty of
  3. 3. vt. [Etymology] C17: from French travesti disguised, from travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra- trans- + vestire to clothe

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