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clownishness

/kloun/US // klaʊn //UK // (klaʊn) //

丑角,丑角主义,丑化,丑态百出

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.
    • : a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.
    • : a prankster; a practical joker.
    • : Slang. a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.
    • : a peasant; rustic.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act like a clown.

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Examples

  • A talent who can rap, hit a falsetto, and isn’t afraid to be goofy on wax, Raj’s music and skills show why he is a powerful teacher and a class clown you need to add to your own playlist queue.

  • We made them look ridiculous by contrasting our joyous celebration of democracy with their clown show.

  • One piece follows a waitress on the hunt for her missing daughter, another captures what happens when a drug dealer meets a lawyer and a clown at a bar.

  • Mazel tov on your engagement, Hannah — your gift of a disembodied clown head on a plank will be in the mail soon.

  • I didn’t find a good hat, but I did happen to find one lot of 100 little disembodied, glummish clown heads — they looked so Loserly!

  • So many families come that Vargas has arranged for a clown to entertain the kids.

  • An 18-year-old man dressed as a clown mugged a pedestrian, striking him 30 times in the back and neck with an iron bar.

  • There have more recent reports of Wasco Clown inspired sightings from as far away as Fishers, Indiana.

  • The subtext of the clown is that life is a joke and can be snatched away at any moment.

  • There is something about a clown that stays with people: the bright colors, their tendency to be demonstrative.

  • Wheeler and Smith formed a junction, and moved clown upon the abandoned post of Budhawal.

  • He must have fallen asleep again, for, when he opened his eyes, there was the clown at the foot of his bed making a face.

  • It was a singular fact about the clown that the slightest check seemed to take away all his brilliancy.

  • As he looked back, he could see the clown galloping round the corner and hear his yell of discovery.

  • Breakfast was over at last, and the clown took Tommy's arm and walked upstairs to the first floor with him.