clown

英 [klaʊn] 美 [klaʊn]

• n. 小丑；粗鲁愚蠢的人
• v. 扮小丑；胡闹

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]丑角，小丑

   a person who works in a circus,performing funny acts

2. [C]行为荒诞滑稽的人

   any person who behaves ridiculously

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 小丑
2. 丑角
3. 粗鲁笨拙的人
4. 乡下佬
5. 经常闹笑话的人
6. 好说笑话的人
7. 逗人笑乐的人
8. 可笑的人
9. 村镇警察
10. 小气鬼
11. 守财奴
12. 粗人
13. 大老粗
14. 爱开玩笑的人
15. 诙谐的人
16. 乡下人
17. 农民
18. 诙谐的人

v. 动词

1. 扮小丑
2. 开玩笑
3. 装傻
4. 闹笑话
5. 说笑话
6. 逗趣
7. 滑稽表演
8. 粗鲁举止
9. 作出蠢相
10. 出丑
11. 胡闹

英英释义

Noun:

1. a rude or vulgar fool

2. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

Verb:

1. act as or like a clown

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's a picture depicting him as a clown.
   这是一幅把他画成小丑的画。
2. I just curled up when I saw her dressed as a clown.
   我见她打扮得像个小丑，把我笑得直不起腰来。
3. I wish he would stop being such a clown.
   我希望他能够不再像个粗俗的小丑。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Start climbing up the charts, so sick, but they tried to clown.
   开始向美好奋斗
2. Stop all this clowning.
   别再开玩笑了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

用作主语

1. The top opens and a funny clown jumps up.
   盖子开了，一个滑稽的小丑跳了出来。
2. The moment the clown appeared on stage,the audience folded up.
   小丑一出现在舞台上，观众们个个笑得前俯后仰。
3. Each clown capped the last joke of the other.
   丑角的笑话一个比一个好。
4. Few people knew that the popular clown who had been making people fall about with laughter was lonely in heart.
   几乎没有人知道,那位总让人们开怀大笑的小丑内心很孤独。
5. Good clown know how to play the ape.
   好的小丑知道如何模仿。
6. The clown was wearing a false nose.
   小丑戴着一个假鼻子。
7. The clown wore a monstrously absurd costume.
   小丑穿的衣服可笑极了。
8. The clown at the circus were very funny.
   马戏团的小丑非常滑稽。
9. The star clown was considered a master of witty banter.
   那丑星被认为是个逗乐子的好手。

用作表语

1. He was the most famous circus clown of his time.
   他是他那个时代最有名的马戏团小丑。
2. Her husband was a clown, a child of nature, without guile.
   她的丈夫是一个笨拙粗鲁的人，孩子性，没有心计。

用作动词宾语

1. He plays the clown.
   他扮演小丑。
2. The boy plays the clown to get attention.
   那男孩做出滑稽的动作以便引人注意。
3. You can see clowns, lions and elephants at the circus.
   马戏团里可以看见小丑、狮子和大象。

用作介词宾语

1. She dressed up as a clown with a white face and red nose.
   她打扮成小丑，雪白的脸，红红的鼻子。
2. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the professor arrive dressed as a clown.
   看到教授装扮成一个小丑出现在眼前,我几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。
3. The boys felt amused by the clown.
   孩子们被滑稽演员逗得发笑。
4. The children had been made up to look like clowns.
   孩子们的脸涂抹得像小丑。
5. Just the sight of the clown is enough to make you fall about laughing.
   对那个小丑瞅上一眼,就足以使你大笑不止。
6. We were all tickled to death at the antics of the clowns.
   看到小丑的滑稽动作,我们乐极了。

用作定语

1. The children laughed at the clown's antics.
   小孩让小丑的滑稽动作给逗乐了。
2. The clown's antics made us split our sides.
   小丑的滑稽动作令我们捧腹大笑。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• act a clown 扮演小丑
• play a clown 扮演小丑
• see a clown 看见小丑

形容词+～

• famous clown 著名的小丑
• funny clown 滑稽小丑
• young clown 年轻的小丑

名词+～

• circus clown 马戏团的杂技小丑
• office clown 办公室里的小丑
• star clown 丑星

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. clown的基本意思是“（马戏团的）丑角，小丑”，是没有褒贬意味的中性词。用于比喻可指“单纯无知、粗俗笨拙的人”，这时可含轻蔑意味。还可指“行为荒诞滑稽的人”。
2. clown是可数名词。在句中除用作主语、表语、宾语外，还可用如形容词修饰名词作定语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

clown, fool

• 这两个词都是“小丑”的意思，其区别是：
• 用于比喻意义时，clown指“行为荒诞滑稽的人”，fool指“受愚弄的人”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• comedian
• comic
• fool
• jester
• joker