A ludicrous, buffoonish character in old comedies who attempts feebly to mimic the tricks of the clown.

小丑，丑角旧时喜剧中滑稽可笑的角色，他们愚笨地来模仿小丑的把戏。

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Tezuka's eight-volume life of Buddha, for instance, is serious and thoughtful, yet is also interlarded with buffoonish comic business.

举例说，Tezuka有8卷的关于佛的生活的哪部作品思想深邃同时穿插了小丑般的漫画。

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In Zimbabwe democracy is fast succumbing to the buffoonish dictatorship of Robert Mugabe, prime stuff for artists and comedians.

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The result can be a pomposity that is almost buffoonish in a world where France is no longer a front-rank power.

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Populists, of both the buffoonish and the sinister variety, have done alarmingly well in elections across the new member countries since 2004.

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