an entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh 丑角;滑稽演员 ■(often ironic)a person who is or thinks themselves to be amusing or entertaining (常 讽)有趣的人;自以为有趣的人;丑角式人物 ■a comic actor 喜剧男演员
语源
late 16th cent. (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie (see comedy). The sense 'entertainer' dates from the late 19th cent