straight man
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.
— For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man.
— The committee consisted of two lesbians and a straight man.
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