farce

名词 farce:

1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
   同义词：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
   同义词：forcemeat

动词 farce:

1. fill with a stuffing while cooking
   同义词：stuff

1. Their negotiations were a farce since their leaders had already made the decision.
   他们的谈判简直就是一场荒唐的笑剧，因为他们的领导们早就作出决定了。
2. He likes to watch farces at weekends to relax himself.
   他喜欢在周末看滑稽剧来放松自己。

farce

n.（名词）

A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
轻喜剧：一种轻松的戏剧形式，其中极为荒谬可笑的情节背景，夸张的角色和一些闹剧的成分以表现幽默的效果
The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
喜剧性的风格：这类戏剧形式夸张和活泼的幽默风格
A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery:
闹剧：一种荒唐的、空洞的表演；一个笑柄：
例句：
The election was a farce, for it was fixed.
这次选举是一幕闹剧，因为它是预先安排好的

A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
可口的填料：一种可口的填料，如用于烤火鸡
v.tr.（及物动词）
farced,farc.ing,farc.es
To pad or fill out (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
用笑话或妙语给（如，讲演）添油加醋或作补充
To stuff, as for roasting.
填充：填料，可供烤炙

来源：
Middle English farse [stuffing]
中古英语 farse [填料]
from Old French farce [stuffing, interpolation, interlude]
源自 古法语 farce [填料，补充，填补]
from Vulgar Latin *farsa
源自 俗拉丁语 *farsa
from Latin farsa [feminine past participle of] farcore [to stuff]
源自 拉丁语 farsa [] farcore的阴性过去分词 [填料]