a funny play for the theatre based on silly and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance 滑稽戏（剧本）；闹剧（剧本）；笑剧（剧本） a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex) 床上笑剧
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec2Farce is often looked down upon by serious theatre goers. 以严肃的态度去戏院看戏的人常常看不起滑稽剧。 Feydeau's classic bedroom farce is set in turn-of-the-century Paris. 费多的经典床上笑剧以世纪之交的巴黎为背景。
a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes silly 荒唐的事情；闹剧 Extra ExamplesThe debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other. 双方辩手开始朝对方大喊，辩论成了一场闹剧。 The whole procedure has become a complete farce. 整个过程完全成了一场闹剧。
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, literally ‘stuffing’, from farcir ‘to stuff’, from Latin farcire. An earlier sense of ‘forcemeat stuffing’ became used metaphorically for comic interludes “stuffed” into the texts of religious plays, which led to the current usage.