英 [ˈklaʊnɪŋ] 美 [ˈklaʊnɪŋ]
插科打诨；噱头
clown /klaʊn/ CET6+ TEM4 [ clowning clowned clowns ]
可数名词 A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright makeup, and does silly things in order to make people laugh. 小丑
可数名词 If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. 滑稽的人
Chapman was the family clown, with a knack for making a joke out of any situation.
查普曼是家里的诙谐人物，他有诀窍在任何场合开玩笑。
不及物动词 If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh. 扮演小丑
He clowned with John Belushi and Bill Murray in National Lampoon shows.
他与约翰·贝鲁西和比尔·默里在全国讽刺作品表演会上一起扮演小丑。
动词词组 Clown around means the same as . 扮演小丑
Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around.
贝芙令她大笑，用她常用的扮小丑手法。
acting like a clown or buffoon
同义词： buffoonery / japery / frivolity / harlequinade / prank
小丑-引用次数：15
However, this does not hateful clown,of the reasons is that we are not evenly matched contest,the winner there is a generous tolerance.
但这种小丑并不可恨,原因是两者的较量并不是势均力敌,胜者出现了一种大度的容忍。
参考来源买办形象研究
丑角-引用次数：6
The third part studies the age and art characteristics in his clown image and extends the aesthetics of‘new clown’.
第三章,探讨任宏恩塑造的丑角形象所具有的时代及艺术特色,并由此延伸到对其“新丑角”形象的美学观照。
参考来源任宏恩表演艺术研究
... 彩衣小丑 clown wearing brightly-colored clothes 插科打诨 gag; clowning 插曲 episode ...
... buffoonery滑稽可笑的举动... clowning扮小丑 frivolity轻浮 ...
... Clowning小丑 Comedy喜剧 Farce n.笑剧，闹剧；滑稽剧 ...
Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around.
贝芙令她大笑，用她常用的扮小丑手法。
This is it for clowning .
这是它为小丑。
This harlequin shrimp isn't clowning around (yeah, yeah, cue groans).
这些小丑虾是不是在到处胡闹(是，是，暗示着抱怨)。
Usually, a person is clowning around if he is being funny when he should be serious.
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In that case, you may get angry and say, "Stop clowning around.
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But rodeo clowning has become such a valued specialty that most clowns are as young and vigorous as the competitors.
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In a way, by clowning, Dad took her mind off the problems of the house.
His show features classic physical clowning comedy and absurd visual humour and was described as "breathtakingly brilliant".
BBC: Clown Doctor Brown wins Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award
If that changes, Mr Livingstone may find that Londoners' tolerance for his pantomime clowning becomes rather more limited.