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单词 clown
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clown

noun
/klaʊn/
/klaʊn/
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  1. an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh
    • (figurative) Robert was always the class clown (= he did silly things to make the other students laugh).
    Topics Jobsb2
  2. (informal, disapproving) a person that you think is bad because they act in a stupid way
    • What do those clowns in the government think they are doing?
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. relating to an unsophisticated country person: perhaps of Low German origin.

clown

verb
/klaʊn/
/klaʊn/
[intransitive] (often disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they clown
/klaʊn/
/klaʊn/
he / she / it clowns
/klaʊnz/
/klaʊnz/
past simple clowned
/klaʊnd/
/klaʊnd/
past participle clowned
/klaʊnd/
/klaʊnd/
-ing form clowning
/ˈklaʊnɪŋ/
/ˈklaʊnɪŋ/
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  1. clown (around) to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laugh
    Word Originmid 16th cent. relating to an unsophisticated country person: perhaps of Low German origin.
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