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

• Jester: don't act so rashly, my boy.
  杰斯特：别那么不耐烦，我的孩子。
• There are two convenience scripts from the Windows and Linux/ UNIX platforms that would install Jester ( that is, the actual jester-1.37.jar file) into Maven's local repository.
  Windows和Linux/UNIX平台提供了两个方便的脚本，它们可以把Jester（即，实际的jester-1.37.jar文件）安装到Maven的本地系统库中。
• Jester: you're not gonna shoot me, are you? If you do, I'll die, you know.
  杰斯特：你不会开枪的吧？你一开枪我的小命可就挂了，你知道的。
• Older tactics include the court jester and the devil's advocate.
  更古老的策略包括，规定一个讽谏者或者喜欢唱反调的人。
• Replicas of five tiny bronze figurines-dancers and musicians escorted by a jester-provide a tantalizing glimpse into Myanmar's ( Burma's) history.
  五个复制的小铜像与小丑一起的演奏者和舞蹈者勾起了我们对于缅甸历史的兴趣。
• Are you a good joker, jester, buffoon or humorist? You can have a go here.
  您很会说笑话吗？这里让您大展伸手。
• Robin Hood: I know, he'll make me court jester.
  罗宾汉：我知道，他会让我成为宫廷弄臣。
• 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。
• Good thing I'm neither a clown nor a court jester.
  好在我既不是小丑也不是宫廷丑角。
• I'm the jester perhaps, if that works.
  也许我是小丑，如果这样可以的话。