单词 | table jester |
释义 | > as lemmastable jester table jester n. ΚΠ 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxv. 16) Ye tablejesters, which gave their verdict of his death among the cups. a1852 J. H. Payne Two Sons-in-Law i, in Trial without Jury & other Plays (1940) 123 Certain regular table jesters, ever floating on the surface of society and never in it, smelling a dinner a league off. 1914 H. G. Wells Social Forces in Eng. & Amer. 215 It may have been his too clearly confessed reluctance to play the part of an informal table jester to his king. < as lemmas |
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