The women shimmered in claret-coloured velvets and harlequin headscarves, and the young men flaunted black bomber-jackets and flared jeans. 女人们穿着深红色天鹅绒,头戴花格头巾,神采奕奕,而穿着松紧口夹克和阔摆牛仔裤的小伙子们也很招摇。
This belief was changed into certainty when Franz saw the bouquet( conspicuous by a circle of white camellias) in the hand of a charming harlequin dressed in rose-colored satin. 这种猜测不久便得到了确定,因为弗兰兹看到那个花球(一圈白色的山茶花为记)到了一个身穿玫瑰红绸衫的可爱的女丑角手里。
harlequin
[ noun ]
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
<noun.person> [ verb ]
variegate with spots or marks
<verb.change> His face was harlequined with patches
Harlequin \Har"le*quin\ (h[aum]r"l[-e]*k[i^]n or -kw[i^]n), v. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Harlequin \Har"le*quin\ (h[aum]r"l[-e]*k[i^]n or -kw[i^]n), n. [F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. {Hell}, {Kin}.] A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. --Percy Smith.
As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. --Johnson.
{Harlequin bat} (Zo["o]l.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots.
{Harlequin beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American beetle ({Acrocinus longimanus}) having very long legs and antenn[ae]. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray.
{Harlequin cabbage bug}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Calicoback}.
{Harlequin caterpillar}. (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an American bombycid moth ({Euch[ae]tes egle}) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.
{Harlequin duck} (Zo["o]l.), a North American duck ({Histrionicus histrionicus}). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white.
{Harlequin moth}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Magpie Moth}.
{Harlequin opal}. See {Opal}.
{Harlequin snake} (Zo["o]l.), See {harlequin snake} in the vocabulary.
Harlequin \Har"le*quin\, v. t. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
And kitten, if the humor hit Has harlequined away the fit. --M. Green.
Saint Laurent also brought out some gorgeous multicolored harlequin blouses, and sexily fitted velvet jackets with elaborate embroidered appliques over full print short skirts with ruffled underskirts.
Younger fans will like his airy organza dresses and off-the-shoulder minis in harlequin or bold fruit and flower prints.
Nicolier on quai Voltaire has picked out two very rare harlequin and Colombine figures in polychrome Delft, circa 1700. Exceptional pieces of furniture are thinner on the ground.
From the bright harlequin knit sweater jackets and coats of Hidy Ng to extravagantly beaded gold gowns by Susana To, the show was a knockout.