英[spuːf]美[spuːf]
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1889年英国喜剧作家罗伯茨(Arthur Roberts,1852-1933)发明了一种哄骗人的幽默牌戏,把它叫做spoof。这个词他究竟是根据什么杜撰的不得而知。嗣后,该词竟然进入了英语口语之中,成为标准英语词汇的一分子,用以喻指“哄骗”或“戏弄”。
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小知识
A spoof is a funny version of something, like a movie or a book. The classic comedy “Young Frankenstein” is a spoof of earlier, serious film adaptations of the famous novel.
You can also call a spoof a parody. A spoof borrows material from the original, copying the style and characteristics that make it obvious what the subject of the spoof is. Movies like “Spaceballs,” a spoof of the “Star Wars” films, and “Scary Movie,” which spoofs the entire horror film genre, are great examples. Spoof originally meant “hoax,” and it comes from a game, Spouf, invented by a British comedian in 1884.