zany

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown. archaic
    — Then write that I may follow, and so be / Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany.
动词 v.
  1. To mimic foolishly. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
    — And I will admit now but never then that, more than once, listening to the Viennese chattering their zany German on the pavements, or taking himself to one of the struggling small theatres that were cropping up in cellars and bombed houses...
  2. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

词形变化

zanier comparative zaniest superlative zanies plural zanies present,singular,third-person zanying participle,present zanied participle,past zanied past

词汇关系

近义词
wacky
衍生词
zanily zaniness
相关词
ebullient

词源

词源 1
From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni.
词源 2
From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni.
词源 3
From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni.
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