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小丑,笨人,丑角的配角滑稽的,愚蠢的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Zany \Za"ny\, v. t.
To mimic. [Obs.]
Your part is acted; give me leave at distance To zany
it. --Massinger.
Zany \Za"ny\, n.; pl. {Zanies}. [It. zanni a buffoon,
merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John,
L. Ioannes, Gr. ?, Heb. Y[=o]kh[=a]n[=a]n, prop., the Lord
graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf.
{Jenneting}.]
A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy
debtor, thy foil, thy zany. --Donne.
Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. --Pope.
资料来源 : WordNet®
zany
adj 1: pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie
reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly
idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn:
{cockamamie}, {cockamamy}, {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly},
{wacky}, {whacky}, {unreasonable}]
2: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a
zany sense of humor" [syn: {buffoonish}, {clownish}, {clowlike}]
n 1: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for
ludicrous effect
2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: {fathead}, {goof},
{goofball}, {bozo}, {jackass}, {goose}, {cuckoo}, {twat}]
[also: {zaniest}, {zanier}]