英语词汇“to make a tomfool of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

3. A person who is made to appear a fool; the butt of a joke or trick; an object of derision or ridicule, a laughing stock. Frequently in to make a tomfool of. Now rare and somewhat dated.

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1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. ix. 139 But poor Thomas is made a Tom-fool of; for they make a bridge of his Nose, for ought I find, and leave him nothing.

1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. iii. 40 S'Death, Madam, do you think to make me your Tom-fool, your Laughing-Conveniency?

1796 M. Robinson Angelina II. 131 ‘So then I am to be the only properly drest person at the wedding? In short, the Tom fool of the company,’ said he.

1841 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins xxxiii. 310 Aynt it enough that a man is taken away from his business..arout being turned hinto ridicule, and held hup as a tom-fool for the hamusement of a pack of idlers?

1879 Weekly Leader (Bloomington, Illinois) 14 Aug. I am glad to see..that you have not made a tomfool of yourself like the rest of them.

1911 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 20 Aug. They urged me to make a tomfool of myself by racing at my age.

1994 Press Assoc. (Nexis) 20 Sept. He is making a Tom Fool out of himself in the way he is behaving.

单词	to make a tomfool of
释义	> as lemmas to make a tomfool of 3. A person who is made to appear a fool; the butt of a joke or trick; an object of derision or ridicule, a laughing stock. Frequently in to make a tomfool of. Now rare and somewhat dated. ΚΠ 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. ix. 139 But poor Thomas is made a Tom-fool of; for they make a bridge of his Nose, for ought I find, and leave him nothing. 1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. iii. 40 S'Death, Madam, do you think to make me your Tom-fool, your Laughing-Conveniency? 1796 M. Robinson Angelina II. 131 ‘So then I am to be the only properly drest person at the wedding? In short, the Tom fool of the company,’ said he. 1841 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins xxxiii. 310 Aynt it enough that a man is taken away from his business..arout being turned hinto ridicule, and held hup as a tom-fool for the hamusement of a pack of idlers? 1879 Weekly Leader (Bloomington, Illinois) 14 Aug. I am glad to see..that you have not made a tomfool of yourself like the rest of them. 1911 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 20 Aug. They urged me to make a tomfool of myself by racing at my age. 1994 Press Assoc. (Nexis) 20 Sept. He is making a Tom Fool out of himself in the way he is behaving. extracted from tomfooln.adj. < as lemmas
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