jester

英 [ˈdʒestə(r)]

美 [ˈdʒestər]

n.  (旧时宫廷中的)逗乐小丑，弄臣

复数：jesters　

BNC.23234 / COCA.24514

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时宫廷中的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  a man employed in the past at the court of a king or queen to amuse people by telling jokes and funny stories
  1. the court jester
     宫廷弄臣

柯林斯词典

• （中世纪欧洲宫廷的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe, thejesterwas the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh.

英英释义

noun

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
  Synonym:foolmotley fool

双语例句

• He was a jester and a parcel poet.
  他是一个小丑，也是个业余诗人。
• The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king.
  这是关于一个宫廷小丑的故事。这天，他故事讲的有点儿过头，得罪了国王。
• Jester: don't act so rashly, my boy.
  杰斯特：别那么不耐烦，我的孩子。
• Oh, and while the King was looking down, The jester stole his thorny crown.
  当国王向下一望，小丑偷掉多刺的王冠成了帝王。
• He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess, the priests, the wise men, the court jester.
  亚瑟回到自己的王国，并开始征询每个人的意见。公主，牧师，智者，甚至宫廷里逗乐小丑的意见他都问过了。
• When the jester sang for the King and Queen, In a coat he borrowed from James Dean.
  小丑穿上詹姆士迪恩的外套为国王和王后演唱。
• The parti-colored attire of a court jester. he dresses rather flamboyantly.
  宫廷小丑穿的杂色彩衣他穿的衣服色彩很艳。
• Jester: oops, I forgot to mention one teeny Wittle item.
  杰斯特：对了，我差点忘记了一个小小的细节。
• Jester works in every instance outside a Maven project build configuration.
  Jester运行在Maven项目构建配置以外的每个实例中。
• And the jester looked at her closely and saw that she was asleep.
  小丑近近地看着她，看见她睡着了。