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buffoon

英 [bə'fuːn] 美 [bə'fun]

解释

n. 丑角；滑稽剧演员

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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.

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例句和用法

1. They pictured their manager as a buffoon.: 他们把经理描绘成一个小丑.

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.

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.

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.

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.