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farcical
滑稽的；荒唐可笑的；笑剧的
ridiculously humorous; like a farce
- 1.
Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
似闹剧的；滑稽可笑的；荒谬的
似闹剧的；滑稽可笑的；荒谬的；笑剧的；滑稽的；笑剧性的
In use
The meeting turned out to be totally farcical because nobody had prepared an agenda.
He gave a farcical account of his holiday, full of exaggerated adventures.
It seems farcical to complain about free food, but the soup was really too salty.
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。
The play was farcical.
这出戏是笑剧性的。
Common mistakes
The movie was a farcical.The movie was farcical.
farcical 是形容词，不能用作名词；应直接作表语，表示'滑稽的'。
The joke was farcical.The joke was funny.
farcical 指夸张、荒谬的滑稽，不适用于普通笑话；用 funny 表示'好笑的'。
Connections
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
- 滑稽的转折
- The story takes a farcical twist when the two couples meet.当两对夫妇相遇时，故事出现了滑稽的转折。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
farce（闹剧）+ -ical（形容词后缀）：闹剧般的，滑稽荒谬。
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。
Grammar Note
常用作定语或表语，如 a farcical situation / The play was farcical.
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.