1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of Latin parodia "parody," from Greek paroidia "burlesque song or poem," from para- "beside, parallel to" (see para- (1), in this case, "mock-") + oide "song, ode" (see ode). The meaning "poor or feeble imitation" is from 1830. Related: Parodic; parodical.
parody (v.)
c. 1745, from parody (n.). Related: Parodied; parodying.
例文
1. The first trial was a parody of justice.
第1回裁判は正義への愚弄である。
2.a parody of a horror film
ホラー映画のシミュレーション
3.She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
彼女は以前の優雅な振る舞いをしていた自分の奇妙な模倣品になった。
4.The trial was a parody of justice.
今回の裁判は法律に対する嘲弄である。
5."The Scarlet Capsule "was a parody of the popular 1959 TV series "The Quatermass Experiment "