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

• 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。
• The clowns pulled funny faces.
  小丑扮出了可笑的鬼脸。
• Then we see several sinister shots of clowns and a magicians hat.
  然后我们看到几个小丑，和一顶魔法师的帽子，这些镜头预示着邪恶事端即将上演。
• Clowns, acrobats, horses and lions.
  小丑，杂技，马和狮子。
• 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。
• Clowns also make people laugh.
  小丑也使人们发笑。
• Just let me know when the midgets and clowns arrive.
  侏儒和小丑来的时候通知我一下。
• I'm thinking two circus clowns dancing.
  我觉得是两个跳舞的马戏团小丑。
• The elephants, the clowns, the acrobats& they make me feel like a kid again.
  但是，每次去看马戏总是使我感到非常高兴和激动，那些大象、小丑和杂技、使我感到我好像又成了一个小孩子似的。
• 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。