Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense clowns, present participle clowning, past tense, past participle clowned
1N-COUNT (馬戲團的)小醜 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. (馬戲團的)小醜
2VERB 扮小醜,裝傻,作蠢相(逗人發笑) If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh. 扮小醜,裝傻,作蠢相(逗人發笑)
Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere. [VERB]
布魯諾很會耍活寶,到哪兒都受到大家的喜愛。
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.
貝夫用她一貫滑稽耍寶的方式逗她發笑。
clowning
She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish.
她感覺到在這種滑稽可笑行爲的背後隐藏着極大的痛苦。
3N-COUNT 愛開玩笑的人;诙諧的人;活寶 If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. 愛開玩笑的人;诙諧的人;活寶
He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.
他在笑,二人搭檔中逗人樂的那個。
4N-COUNT 傻瓜;蠢貨 If you describe someone as a clown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. 傻瓜;蠢貨 [informal, disapproval]
I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.