clowning 插科打诨
噱头
- Stop clowning around!
不要再像小丑那样胡闹了! - The act of joking; clowning.
开玩笑的行为;装小丑
clowning[ noun ]- acting like a clown or buffoon
<noun.act>
- a comic incident or series of incidents
<noun.communication>
clowning \clowning\ n.
1. acting like a clown or buffoon.
Syn: buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a comic incident or series of incidents.
Syn: drollery, comedy, funniness.
[WordNet 1.5]
- Mr. Pritchard began his comic career at St. Sebastian's elementary school in Dellwood, Mo., where his clowning routinely got him kicked out of class.
- Once last year, he showed up at ABC News wearing a fake beard; the clowning was considered ill-timed and insensitive, for the division then was laying off employees.
- The New York Post's Clive Barnes was more charitable, saying Caesar is a "clowning genius" who could have used better material.
- Then you might want to withdraw." Gardner was the first officer in Cincinnati to try clowning, but he soon persuaded his partner to join him.