co·me·di·an
noun/kəˈmiːdiən/
/kəˈmiːdiən/
- a person whose job is to make people laugh by giving a funny performance, for example by telling jokes or funny stories
一个人的工作是通过有趣的表演让人们发笑,例如讲笑话或有趣的故事 - He started out as a stand-up comedian in Liverpool.
他在利物浦出道时是一个单口喜剧演员。
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- He started out as a stand-up comedian in Liverpool.
- (often ironic) a person who is funny or thinks they are funny
(讲笑话或趣事的)滑稽演员 - The speaker was a bit of a comedian, so it was an amusing session.
演讲者有点喜剧演员的味道,所以会议很有趣。
- The speaker was a bit of a comedian, so it was an amusing session.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’. The sense ‘entertainer’ dates from the late 19th cent.