Send-up
n. 讽刺, (开玩笑性质的)模仿
📖 牛津释义
send-up
n imitation intended to make fun of sth or sb 旨在取笑的模仿
Her book is a hilarious send-up of a conventional spy story. 她写的书用的是取笑传统侦探小说的笔法, 令人捧腹.
🧩 词语组成解析
send
[sɛnd]
vt. 送;使作出（某种反应）;派遣;使进入（某状态）;
vt.& vi. 用无线电波发送，发出信息;
vi. 派遣，发出，派人;
adj. [仅用作定语]用于发送的;
up
[ʌp]
adv. 在上面，在高处;起床，起来;向上;由低到高;
adj. 向上的;上升的;竖立的，垂直的;举起的;
vt.& vi. 增加;加速;提高;举起，拿起;
prep. 在…的上端;向高处;沿…而去;向…上游;
n. 上升，升高;兴旺，繁荣;上坡;（价格等）上涨;
🗣️ 情景例句
Let's put some of this stuff away and then take off.
让我们把部份东西拿出来， 然后就走啦。
He can't decide what to do.
他不能决定做什么。
It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.
据估计，在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量超过这个国家人口的总重量。