1650s, from lampoon (n.), or else from French lamponner, from the Middle French noun. Related: Lampooned; lampooning.
lampoon (n.)
"A personal satire; abuse; censure written not to reform but to vex" [Johnson], 1640s, from French lampon (17c.), of unknown origin, said by French etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper "to drink, guzzle," a nasalized form of laper "to lap," from a Germanic source akin to lap (v.). Also see -oon.
例文
1. The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon .
ここでシェリーは通俗的な皮肉を使っている。
2.His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day.
彼の風刺漫画は、今の政界の要人を容赦なく皮肉った。
3.To ridicule or satirize in or as if in a lampoon .
風刺用風刺作品や風刺作品で嘲弄したりしているようだ。
4.His cartoons mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day.
彼の漫画は、今日の政界の要人を容赦なく風刺している。
5.Such gaffes and inexperience made Mr Kaczynski easy to lampoon .