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farcical
滑稽的；荒唐可笑的；笑剧的
核心释义
ridiculously humorous; like a farce
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似闹剧的；滑稽可笑的；荒谬的
Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
似闹剧的；滑稽可笑的；荒谬的；笑剧的；滑稽的；笑剧性的
用法In use
The meeting turned out to be totally farcical because nobody had prepared an agenda.
用法提示：farcical 作表语，表示'荒唐可笑的'，形容会议因无准备而显得可笑。
He gave a farcical account of his holiday, full of exaggerated adventures.
用法提示：farcical 作定语修饰 account，表示'滑稽可笑的'。
It seems farcical to complain about free food, but the soup was really too salty.
用法提示：farcical 作表语（用于 it seems farcical to do），表示'荒唐可笑的'。
farcical + noun
用作定语修饰名词。
It was a farcical situation.
那是个滑稽可笑的局面。
subject + be + farcical
用作表语，描述主语的性质。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a farcical situation
- 滑稽可笑的局面
- The meeting turned into a farcical situation.会议变成了一种滑稽可笑的局面。
- farcical comedy
- 闹剧式喜剧
- The film is a farcical comedy about a mistaken identity.这部电影是一部关于身份错认的闹剧式喜剧。
- farcical scene
- 荒唐的场面
- There was a farcical scene at the airport when the flight was cancelled.航班取消时，机场出现了一个荒唐的场面。
- farcical plot
- 荒诞的情节
- The play's farcical plot relies on improbable coincidences.这部剧荒诞的情节依赖于不可能的巧合。
- farcical twist
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
farce（闹剧）+ -ical（形容词后缀）：闹剧般的，滑稽荒谬。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：书评或剧评、新闻报道、日常交谈 该词多用于形容事件、局面或过程像闹剧一样荒唐可笑；在书面语和正式报道中比较常见，日常交谈中也可使用，但更口语化的说法常用 ridiculous 或 absurd。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用作定语或表语，如 a farcical situation / The play was farcical.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These -ical words share the spelling ending and the unstressed final syllable /ɪkəl/, but none is a perfect rhyme with farcical (/ˈfɑːsɪkəl/) because the stressed vowel differs: farcical has /ɑː/, comical and logical have /ɒ/, physical and typical have /ɪ/, classical and magical have /æ/. The 'r' in farcical is silent in British pronunciation. Beware lookalikes like 'musical' (/ˈmjuːzɪkəl/), which looks similar but has a different stressed vowel and initial sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.