clowns

英 [klaʊnz]

美 [klaʊnz]

n.  丑角; 小丑; 蠢货; 笨蛋
v.  (尤指为逗人笑而故意)作出蠢相
clown的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (马戏团的)小丑
  Aclownis a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
• VERB 扮小丑，装傻，作蠢相（逗人发笑）
  If youclown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh.
  1. Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere.
     布鲁诺很会耍活宝，到哪儿都受到大家的喜爱。
  2. Clown aroundandclown aboutmean the same asclown.
     clown around 和 clown about 同 clown
  3. Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around.
     贝夫用她一贯滑稽耍宝的方式逗她发笑。
• N-COUNT 爱开玩笑的人;诙谐的人;活宝
  If you say that someone is aclown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people.
  1. He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.
     他在笑，二人搭档中逗人乐的那个。
• N-COUNT 傻瓜;蠢货
  If you describe someone as aclown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them.
  1. I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.
     我还是认为自己会比华盛顿的那些蠢货干得好。

双语例句

• We can see six clowns.
  我们可以看到六个小丑。
• They have organized games and the staff dress up as clowns.
  他们已经组织了游戏，工作人员打扮成小丑。
• He took his licks and got back in the good graces of the clowns.
  他接受了杖罚，并和小丑们重归于好。
• 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。
• The clowns pulled funny faces.
  小丑扮出了可笑的鬼脸。
• Let us have pirates, clowns and a happy ending.
  我们要海盗，小丑和一个喜剧牧场。
• Clowns, acrobats, horses and lions.
  小丑，杂技，马和狮子。
• That's clowns and court jesters.
  那是小丑和宫廷丑角。
• Circus clowns are experts at walking and running on stilts.
  马戏团的小丑善于踩着高跷走和跑。
• Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
  格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。