n.小丑;粗鲁愚蠢的人
v.扮小丑;胡闹
It's a picture depicting him as a clown. 这是一幅把他画成小丑的画。
I just curled up when I saw her dressed as a clown. 我见她打扮得像个小丑,把我笑得直不起腰来。
I wish he would stop being such a clown. 我希望他能够不再像个粗俗的小丑。
用作动词 (v.)Start climbing up the charts, so sick, but they tried to clown. 开始向美好奋斗
Stop all this clowning. 别再开玩笑了。
clown的基本意思是“(马戏团的)丑角,小丑”,是没有褒贬意味的中性词。用于比喻可指“单纯无知、粗俗笨拙的人”,这时可含轻蔑意味。还可指“行为荒诞滑稽的人”。
clown是可数名词。在句中除用作主语、表语、宾语外,还可用如形容词修饰名词作定语。
clown还可用作不及物动词,意思是“扮丑角,逗乐子”,例如:Stop clowning around and get some serious work done. 不要再胡闹了,干点正事吧。