jester

英 [ˈdʒestə(r)]

美 [ˈdʒestər]

n.  (旧时宫廷中的)逗乐小丑，弄臣

复数：jesters　

BNC.23234 / COCA.24514

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时宫廷中的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  a man employed in the past at the court of a king or queen to amuse people by telling jokes and funny stories
  1. the court jester
     宫廷弄臣

柯林斯词典

• （中世纪欧洲宫廷的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe, thejesterwas the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh.

英英释义

noun

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
  Synonym:foolmotley fool

双语例句

• The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king.
  这是关于一个宫廷小丑的故事。这天，他故事讲的有点儿过头，得罪了国王。
• Written by Ivan Moore, Jester is an excellent tool that tests the unit tests that programmers and developers write.
  Jester由IvanMoore编写，它是测试由程序员和开发人员编写的单元测试的优秀工具。
• So, you've got a nicely woven Maven project, and you'd like to test Jester on your unit tests ( or at least on a group of tests).
  那么，您已经得到了一个精心编织的Maven项目，并且希望在单元测试（或者至少在一组测试中）中测试Jester。
• Jester works in every instance outside a Maven project build configuration.
  Jester运行在Maven项目构建配置以外的每个实例中。
• Jester: It was quite a ride you know!
  杰斯特：你知道这事很麻烦！
• There are two convenience scripts from the Windows and Linux/ UNIX platforms that would install Jester ( that is, the actual jester-1.37.jar file) into Maven's local repository.
  Windows和Linux/UNIX平台提供了两个方便的脚本，它们可以把Jester（即，实际的jester-1.37.jar文件）安装到Maven的本地系统库中。
• She held the little moon that the jester had brought her.
  她握着那小丑带给她的小月亮。
• "I don't think he did his homework very well," Jester said of the ringleader.
  我觉得他事前没有做好功课，」杰斯特说：「他挑错晚上了。
• A tear winked on the jester's furrowed cheek.
  小丑满是皱纹的脸上，一滴泪在闪烁。
• Replicas of five tiny bronze figurines-dancers and musicians escorted by a jester-provide a tantalizing glimpse into Myanmar's ( Burma's) history.
  五个复制的小铜像与小丑一起的演奏者和舞蹈者勾起了我们对于缅甸历史的兴趣。