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①(戏剧,电影演出中因做出粗鲁碰撞的动作)令人发笑的;粗鲁滑稽剧的;
knockabout comedy
闹剧,滑稽剧.
The clowns gave a knockabout performance.
小丑们作了令人发笑的滑稽表演.
②(衣服,小轿车等)适合于粗活用的;适合马虎点用的;
a knockabout suit for a boy to wear when playing outdoors
一套适合孩子在外面玩儿的马虎衣服.
-扩展释义
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粗用的; 欢闹的,; 漫游的,; 单桅帆船,; 闹剧演员或演出,; 喧闹的争论
例句
adjective
1.(of clothes) suitable for rough use.
2.Denoting rough, slapstick comedy.
‘His writing was often deceptively whimsical, full of surreal creations and semi-fictional characters, but behind the _knockabout_ humour lay some of the sharpest political commentary to be found in the educational press.’
‘The mood can shift from _knockabout_ comedy to taut thriller in a heartbeat, which keeps the viewer from becoming complacent: One never knows what the film is going to do next.’
noun
1.A farm or station handyman.
‘As the film opens, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Jack and Heath Ledger’s Ennis are two ordinary-enough _knockabouts_ hired to herd sheep in Wyoming in the summer of 1963.’
2.A rough, slapstick comic performance.
‘It may have gone down well with his party activists, but most members of the public will see it at best as political _knockabout_ .’
‘It is a fairy tale with links at various points to The Magic Flute, though there is less _knockabout_ and more gentle humour in Henze’s comedy.’
3.A small yacht or dinghy.
4.A tramp.
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