buffoon

buffoon

英 [bə'fuːn]
　　美 [bə'fun]

n. 醜角；滑稽劇演員

中文詞源：

buffoon 小醜

buff, 吹，引人發笑，擬聲詞，同puff. -oon, 大詞後綴，多用於貶義。

例句：

1. They pictured their manager as a buffoon.
他們把經理描繪成一個小醜.

2. He was one part blackguard, people said, and three parts buffoon.
人傢說他是一分流氓氣, 三分小醜氣.

3. That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.
這個政客在那場辯論中真是醜態百出.

4. The man painted his hair into blue, looking like a buffoon.
那人的頭發染成瞭艷綠色, 看上去像個小醜.

5. In most people's opinion, what she acted was alike a buffoon.
在很多人看來, 她的行為很滑稽.