Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense clowns, present participle clowning, past tense, past participle clowned
1N-COUNT (马戏团的)小丑 A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh. (马戏团的)小丑
2VERB 扮小丑,装傻,作蠢相(逗人发笑) If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh. 扮小丑,装傻,作蠢相(逗人发笑)
Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere. [VERB]
布鲁诺很会耍活宝,到哪儿都受到大家的喜爱。
Clown around and clown about mean the same as clown .clown around 和 clown about 同 clown
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。
clowning
She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish.
她感觉到在这种滑稽可笑行为的背后隐藏着极大的痛苦。
3N-COUNT 爱开玩笑的人;诙谐的人;活宝 If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. 爱开玩笑的人;诙谐的人;活宝
He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.
他在笑,二人搭档中逗人乐的那个。
4N-COUNT 傻瓜;蠢货 If you describe someone as a clown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. 傻瓜;蠢货 [informal, disapproval]
I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.