A farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations.
N-UNCOUNT
(表演或寫作的一種風格)荒誕,滑稽
Farce is the style of acting and writing that is typical of farces.
例句
The plot often borders on farce.情節常常近乎荒誕。
N-SING
滑稽的場面(或事件);鬧劇
If you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously.
例句
The elections have been reduced to a farce.競選演變為一場鬧劇。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
笑劇,鬧劇,滑稽戲;笑劇劇目;作假的可笑場面,鬧劇場面
It was like a Whitehall farce the way I was sent from department to department and everyone said it was someone else’s job to help me.這就像一個英國政府滑稽劇:我被從一個部門打發到另一個部門,每個人都說幫助我是他人的事。Our school dramas tend towards comedy and farce.我們學校編排的戲劇傾向于喜劇和滑稽劇。The debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other.雙方辯手開始朝對方大喊,辯論變成了一場鬧劇。The entertainment consisted of comic songs,dances and acrobatic performance,and wound up with a screamingly funny farce.娛樂的節目包括滑稽歌曲、舞蹈和雜技,最后是一場令人捧腹大笑的滑稽鬧劇。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
2. mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs