jester

英 [ˈdʒestə(r)]

美 [ˈdʒestər]

n.  (旧时宫廷中的)逗乐小丑，弄臣

复数：jesters　

BNC.23234 / COCA.24514

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时宫廷中的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  a man employed in the past at the court of a king or queen to amuse people by telling jokes and funny stories
  1. the court jester
     宫廷弄臣

柯林斯词典

• （中世纪欧洲宫廷的）逗乐小丑，弄臣
  In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe, thejesterwas the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh.

英英释义

noun

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
  Synonym:foolmotley fool

双语例句

• This word was received with loud cheers. A jester at the court of his master, indulged and disesteemed, winning a clement master's praise.
  这句话博得了大声喝采。左不过是主人宫廷里的一名弄臣，既被纵容又受到轻视，博得宽厚的主人一声赞许而已。
• Jester: don't act so rashly, my boy.
  杰斯特：别那么不耐烦，我的孩子。
• I mean, a court jester, to me, is a
  我是说，一个宫廷小丑，在我看来是
• The parti-colored attire of a court jester. he dresses rather flamboyantly.
  宫廷小丑穿的杂色彩衣他穿的衣服色彩很艳。
• The jester laughed Lenore and wanted to see the king's jeweler.
  小丑笑了丽诺儿，然后去见国王的珠宝匠。
• I'm the jester perhaps, if that works.
  也许我是小丑，如果这样可以的话。
• So, you've got a nicely woven Maven project, and you'd like to test Jester on your unit tests ( or at least on a group of tests).
  那么，您已经得到了一个精心编织的Maven项目，并且希望在单元测试（或者至少在一组测试中）中测试Jester。
• And the skillful Jester danced by Jonathan Jordan lit up the stage with his strength and power.
  伶俐的小丑是由乔纳森·约旦表演的，他的力量和能力为舞台增添了光彩。
• Jester: oops, I forgot to mention one teeny Wittle item.
  杰斯特：对了，我差点忘记了一个小小的细节。
• Written by Ivan Moore, Jester is an excellent tool that tests the unit tests that programmers and developers write.
  Jester由IvanMoore编写，它是测试由程序员和开发人员编写的单元测试的优秀工具。