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闹剧,滑稽剧,胡闹
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Farce \Farce\, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes
farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See {Farce}, v. t.]
1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used
on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by
low humor, generally written with little regard to
regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous
incidents and expressions.
Farce is that in poetry which ``grotesque'' is in a
picture: the persons and action of a farce are all
unnatural, and the manners false. --Dryden.
3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. ``The farce of
state.'' --Pope.
Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Farced}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Farcing}.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
fence in, stop up. Cf. {Force} to stuff, {Diaphragm},
{Frequent}, {Farcy}, {Farse}.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]
The first principles of religion should not be
farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
Sanderson.
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.
2. To render fat. [Obs.]
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.
3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.
资料来源 : WordNet®
farce
n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn: {farce comedy}, {travesty}]
2: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios
and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and
bound with eggs [syn: {forcemeat}]