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clown

noun
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  1. an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh丑角；小丑
    • (figurative) Robert was always the class clown (= he did silly things to make the other students laugh).那时候罗伯特总是班里的活宝。🔊🔊
    Topics Jobsb2
  2. (informal, disapproving) a person that you think is bad because they act in a stupid way蠢货；笨蛋
    • What do those clowns in the government think they are doing?政府里的那些蠢货自以为他们在做什么呢？🔊🔊
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. relating to an unsophisticated country person: perhaps of Low German origin.

clown

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