straight man

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy. idiomatic
    — For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man.
    — The committee consisted of two lesbians and a straight man.

词形变化

straight men plural
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