(Harlequin)a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume 哈勒奎角色(传统圣诞童话剧中一个不开口说话的角色,通常戴面具,穿有钻石图案的戏装),滑稽角色,丑角 ■(historical)a stock comic character in Italian commedia dell'arte (史)(意大利即兴喜剧中常有的)哈勒奎小丑
(亦作 harlequin duck)a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings 丑鸭
Histrionicus histrionicus, family Anatidae 拉丁名Histrionicus histrionicus,鸭科
adjective
in varied colours; variegated 杂色的,花色的
语源
late 16th cent.: from obsolete French, from earlier Herlequin (or Hellequin), the name of the leader of a legendary troop of demon horsemen; perhaps ultimately related to Old English Herla cyning 'King Herla', a mythical figure sometimes identified with Woden