buffoon
英 [bə'fuːn]
美[bə'fun]
- n. 丑角；滑稽剧演员
词态变化
复数: buffoons;
助记提示
buffoon ：谐音：“不疯”=小丑的疯疯癫癫都是装出来的=小丑
中文词源
buffoon 小丑
buff, 吹，引人发笑，拟声词，同puff. -oon, 大词后缀，多用于贬义。
英文词源
- buffoon (n.)
- 1540s, "type of pantomime dance;" 1580s, "clown," from Middle French bouffon (16c.), from Italian buffone "jester," from buffa "joke, jest, pleasantry," from buffare "to puff out the cheeks," a comic gesture, of echoic origin. Also see -oon.
双语例句
- 1. They pictured their manager as a buffoon.
- 他们把经理描绘成一个小丑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He was one part blackguard, people said, and three parts buffoon.
- 人家说他是一分流氓气, 三分小丑气.
来自辞典例句
- 3. That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.
- 这个政客在那场辩论中真是丑态百出.
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- 4. The man painted his hair into blue, looking like a buffoon.
- 那人的头发染成了艳绿色, 看上去像个小丑.
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- 5. In most people's opinion, what she acted was alike a buffoon.
- 在很多人看来, 她的行为很滑稽.
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