harlequin
harlequin 英 ['hɑ:ləkwɪn] 美 [ˈhɑrlɪkwɪn, -kɪn]
n. 丑角；滑稽角色；花斑眼镜蛇
名词复数:harlequins
- If your little sister seems fascinated by the harlequin character in the play you're watching together, it might be because of the brightly colored, diamond-patterned tights he's wearing. A harlequin is a classic comic pantomime character.
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- n. 丑角；滑稽角色；花斑眼镜蛇
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1. February 2, 2010: A harlequin Great Dane named ‘Giant George’ is the current Guinness World Record holder.
2010年2月2日：一只名为“巨人乔治”的丑角丹麦种大狗是当前吉尼斯世界纪录的保持者。
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2. Christine Merrill who writes for harlequin Historicals, usually spends her summer vacation with her husband and two sons at wherever World Con is being held that year.
克里斯汀 梅利尔，《历史丑角》的作者，通常和她的丈夫以及两个儿子会选择在每年世界大会召开的城市度假。
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3. Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a 25)toe dancer. He jumped from ticker to phone, from desk to door with the trained 26)agility of a 27)harlequin.
麦克斯韦尔把椅子猛推到墙边,如芭蕾舞者踮着脚尖跳舞般敏捷地处理业务,一下从股票行情自动收录器跳到电话机旁,一下又从办公桌边跳到门口,其灵活度不亚于受过专门训练的滑稽丑角。
- harlequin (n.) 1580s, Harlicken, one of the stock characters of Italian commedia del'arte, from Middle French harlequin, from Italian arlecchino, which is possibly from the same source as Old French Herlequin, Hellequin, etc., leader of la maisnie Hellequin, a troop of demons who rode the night air on horses. This is perhaps of Germanic origin; he seems to correspond to Old English Herla cyning "King Herla," mythical character sometimes identified as Woden, and possibly also to German Erlkönig, the "Elf King" of the Goethe poem. Sometimes also associated with Herrequin, 9c. count of Boulogne, who was proverbially wicked. In English pantomime, a mute character who carries a magic wand. From his ludicrous dress comes the English adjective meaning "particolored" (1779).
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