buffoon
英 [b?'fu?n]
美[b?'fun]
- n. 丑角；滑稽劇演員
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?buffoons;
助記提示
buffoon?：諧音：“不瘋”=小丑的瘋瘋癲癲都是裝出來的=小丑
中文詞源
buffoon 小丑
buff, 吹，引人發(fā)笑，擬聲詞，同puff. -oon, 大詞后綴，多用于貶義。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They pictured their manager as a buffoon.
- 他們把經(jīng)理描繪成一個小丑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He was one part blackguard, people said, and three parts buffoon.
- 人家說他是一分流氓氣, 三分小丑氣.
來自辭典例句
- 3. That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.
- 這個政客在那場辯論中真是丑態(tài)百出.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. The man painted his hair into blue, looking like a buffoon.
- 那人的頭發(fā)染成了艷綠色, 看上去像個小丑.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. In most people's opinion, what she acted was alike a buffoon.
- 在很多人看來, 她的行為很滑稽.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)