n.[C]

1. （马戏团等的）小丑，丑角
   play the clown

   扮小丑

2. 乡下人，农民
3. 粗鲁笨拙（或无知）的人
4. 爱开玩笑的人，诙谐的人

vi.

1. 扮小丑
2. 开玩笑；装傻
   Stop all this clowning.

   别再开玩笑了。

n.

1. a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.
   ▸a playful, amusing person.
2. a foolish or incompetent person.
3. archaic an unsophisticated country person.

v.