buffoon
                
          英 [b?'fu?n]
美 [b?'fun]
        
                
        
                
                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百出.
來自互聯網
 
- 4. The man painted his hair into blue, looking like a buffoon. 
- 那人的頭發染成了艷綠色, 看上去像個小丑.
來自互聯網
 
- 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.
來自互聯網