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clown around
非正式用语，表示嬉戏胡闹。
The kids were clowning around in the backyard.
孩子们在后院扮小丑胡闹。
胡闹；扮小丑；装傻
clowning — present participle of clown
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胡闹；扮小丑；装傻
To act in a silly or playful way; to behave like a clown.
The kids were clowning around in the backyard.
孩子们在后院扮小丑胡闹。
以愚蠢或玩闹的方式行事。
To act in a silly or playful fashion.
取笑；嘲弄。
To ridicule, make fun of.
扮小丑；像小丑一样行事
act as or like a clown
clown
Base
原形
clowns
3rd person
第三人称单数
clowning
-ing
现在分词
clowned
Past
过去式
clowned
Past participle
过去分词
He clowns around in class.
他在课堂上耍宝。
She clowned for the audience.
她为观众表演小丑。
They are clowning on stage.
他们正在舞台上扮小丑。
clown 作动词时意为'扮小丑，逗乐'，是规则动词。
The teacher told the boys to stop clowning around in class.
老师叫男生们不要在课堂上胡闹。
He clowned for the children at the birthday party.
他在生日派对上逗孩子们开心。
Don't clown around while we're trying to work.
我们正努力工作时别胡闹。
非正式用语，表示嬉戏胡闹。
The kids were clowning around in the backyard.
孩子们在后院扮小丑胡闹。
与clown around同义，英式英语更常用。
Stop clowning about and focus on your work.
别再胡闹了，专心工作。
Not this
He is a clown.
Use this
He is clowning.
中文常将“小丑”直接用作动词，但英语中名词“小丑”不能作谓语，需用动词“clown”的进行时表示“扮小丑”。
Not this
Stop clowning!
Use this
Stop clowning around!
动词“clown”单独使用常指职业性表演，而表示“胡闹”时，需要与“around”搭配成短语动词才自然。
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胡闹，嬉闹
Stop clowning around and listen to the teacher.
别胡闹了，听老师讲。
取笑某人，嘲弄某人
The teammates love to clown on him for missing that easy goal.
队友们喜欢取笑他错失那个容易的进球。
在镜头前做鬼脸；对着镜头耍宝
The children clowned for the camera at the family gathering.
家庭聚会上孩子们在镜头前耍宝。
胡闹；以愚蠢或玩闹的方式行事
Stop clowning around and focus on your homework.
别胡闹了，专心做你的作业。
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联想：小丑（clown）在台上胡闹、取笑观众——动词 clown 就是'装傻胡闹'。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式场合 动词 clown 多用于非正式场合，表示“胡闹、装傻”或“像小丑一样行事”；搭配 clown around 比较常见。若表示“取笑、嘲弄”，也通常用于口语。避免在正式书面语中使用。
真正押韵的词都以 /aʊn/ 结尾：brown、crown、down、drown、frown、noun（注意 noun 拼作 -oun）。要注意拼写相似但读 /oʊn/ 的词：blown、flown、grown、known、shown、thrown、own；clown 与 clone /kloʊn/ 形近但不押韵。
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