buffoon
英 [bə'fuːn]
美 [bə'fun]
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buffoon ：諧音：“不瘋”=小醜的瘋瘋癲癲都是裝出來的=小醜
中文詞源
buffoon 小醜buff, 吹，引人發笑，擬聲詞，同puff. -oon, 大詞後綴，多用於貶義。
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醜.
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, 三分小醜氣.
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醜態百出.
來自互聯網
- 4. The man painted his hair into blue, looking like a buffoon.
- 那人的頭發染成了豔綠色, 看上去像個小醜.
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