clowning
v. 扮小丑(clown的现在分词形式)
A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh.
Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere.
布鲁诺很会耍活宝,到哪儿都受到大家的喜爱。
If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people.
He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.
他在笑,二人搭档中逗人乐的那个。
If you describe someone as a clown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them.
I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.
我还是认为自己会比华盛顿的那些蠢货干得好。
1. acting like a clown or buffoon
2. a comic incident or series of incidents
Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around.
贝夫用她一贯滑稽耍宝的方式逗她发笑。
She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish.
她感觉到在这种滑稽可笑行为的背后隐藏着极大的痛苦。
Doesn't all of this seem like rather questionable clowning?
这一切难道不是破绽百出的滑稽表演 吗 ?
His clowning is founded on extreme skill as juggler and acrobat.
他的滑稽表演是基于他那魔术师和杂技演员的高超技艺上的.
We did no clowning around.
我们不是敷衍了事.