harlequin
['hɑrləkwɪn]
n. 丑

[医] 花斑镜蛇

1. The women shimmered in claret-coloured velvets and harlequin headscarves, and the young men flaunted black bomber-jackets and flared jeans.
   女穿着深鹅绒，头戴花头巾，神奕奕，而穿着松口夹阔摆牛仔裤很招摇。
2. This belief was changed into certainty when Franz saw the bouquet( conspicuous by a circle of white camellias) in the hand of a charming harlequin dressed in rose-colored satin.
   种猜测便确，弗兰兹看那花球（圈白山茶花）身穿瑰绸衫女丑里。

harlequin
[ noun ]

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

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[ verb ]

1. variegate with spots or marks

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His face was harlequined with patches

Harlequin \Har"le*quin\ (h[aum]r"l[-e]*k[i^]n or -kw[i^]n), v.
i.
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.


Harlequin \Har"le*quin\ (h[aum]r"l[-e]*k[i^]n or -kw[i^]n), n.
[F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It,
arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf,
which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell.
Cf. {Hell}, {Kin}.]
A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays
tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or
an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of
Italian comedy. --Percy Smith.

As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters.
--Johnson.

{Harlequin bat} (Zo["o]l.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus
ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots.

{Harlequin beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American
beetle ({Acrocinus longimanus}) having very long legs and
antenn[ae]. The elytra are curiously marked with red,
black, and gray.

{Harlequin cabbage bug}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Calicoback}.

{Harlequin caterpillar}. (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an American
bombycid moth ({Euch[ae]tes egle}) which is covered with
black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.

{Harlequin duck} (Zo["o]l.), a North American duck
({Histrionicus histrionicus}). The male is dark ash,
curiously streaked with white.

{Harlequin moth}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Magpie Moth}.

{Harlequin opal}. See {Opal}.

{Harlequin snake} (Zo["o]l.), See {harlequin snake} in the
vocabulary.


Harlequin \Har"le*quin\, v. t.
To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

And kitten, if the humor hit
Has harlequined away the fit. --M. Green.