zany

英 ['ze?n?] 美['zeni]

英英釋義實用場景例句

TEM8暢通詞匯

比較級:?zanier;最高級:?zaniest;

zany 古怪的

來自意大利語zani,小丑，來自John的威尼斯方言讀音變體，由小丑引申詞義古怪的。詞義演變比較dick,doll,willy.

zany: zany: [16] Zany originated as the name of a character in the old Italian commedia dell’arte, who tried, rather feebly, to mimic the antics of the clown. It came from Italian Zanni, a Venetian and Lombardic variant of Gianni, the pet form of Giovanni (the Italian equivalent of English John). Its meaning was broadened out to ‘buffoon’ in the 17th century, but it does not seem to have really established itself as an adjective until the mid 19th century.
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zany (n.): comic performer, 1580s, from French zani, from Italian zani, zanni "a zany, clown," originally Zanni, Venetian dialect variant of Gianni, pet form of Giovanni "John;" thus equivalent to English Jack. A stock character in old comedies, he aped the principal actors.
zany (adj.): 1610s, from zany (n.). Related: Zanily; zaniness.

3. He tried lecturing in California again with great success in the style of zany inconsequence.: 他在加州講演,又非常成功,用的噱頭也是模仿丑角的滑稽.

4. He tried lecturing in California, again with great success, in the Ward style of zany inconsequence.: 他在加州講演, 又非常成功, 用的噱頭也是模仿沃德的.

5. Is that zany approach an advantage for you or for your viewers?: 你搞那些裝瘋賣傻的噱頭,對你,還是對你的觀眾有好處?