Harlequin

(noun.) a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte).

(verb.) variegate with spots or marks; 'His face was harlequined with patches'.

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• The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Georgiana,' said Mr Lammle, low and smiling, and sparkling all over, like a harlequin; 'you are not in your usual spirits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And then you won't know me, sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket--a jay in borrowed plumes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Why do not you play harlequin? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• In place of these, he was equipped with a sword of lath, resembling that with which Harlequin operates his wonders upon the modern stage. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The box which the harlequin enters is based upon precisely the same principle. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Mr. Cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• She wanted to show little Fanny, for by that appellation we distinguished her eldest daughter, the Harlequin farce, before she returned to school. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The place has thirty or forty thousand inhabitants and is remarkable for being the birthplace of harlequin. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The robed and close-cowled harlequins entered. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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