英语词汇“motley fool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

motley fool n. a professional fool; also in extended use (usually or always with allusion to quot. a1616).

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a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 13 I met a foole i'th Forrest, A motley Foole .

1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 235 A madman, knave, and motley fool, Downward once took their way.

c1840 J. H. Lewis Lect. Art of Writing (ed. 7) vi. 84 A motley-fool the thing I mean is, One of the common puffing sheenies.

1885 C. S. Greene in Overland Monthly June 623 And after Shakspere come a myriad more, Preacher and bard, and sage and motley fool.

1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 Nov. 30 The reason why playwrights should move on from employing homeless people as touchstones and motley fools.

单词	motley fool
释义	> as lemmas motley fool motley fool n. a professional fool; also in extended use (usually or always with allusion to quot. a1616). ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 13 I met a foole i'th Forrest, A motley Foole . View more context for this quotation 1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 235 A madman, knave, and motley fool, Downward once took their way. c1840 J. H. Lewis Lect. Art of Writing (ed. 7) vi. 84 A motley-fool the thing I mean is, One of the common puffing sheenies. 1885 C. S. Greene in Overland Monthly June 623 And after Shakspere come a myriad more, Preacher and bard, and sage and motley fool. 1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 Nov. 30 The reason why playwrights should move on from employing homeless people as touchstones and motley fools. extracted from motleyn.adj. < as lemmas
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