| 释义 |
chap·lin·esque
\|chaplə̇|nesk\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Charles S. Chaplin b1889 English-born comedian + English -esque
: resembling or suggesting the largely pantomime comedy of the motion-picture comedian Charles Chaplin, especially its central comedy figure, a pathetic ineffectual good-hearted tramp with torn baggy pants, long-worn shoes, cane and bowler hat, an odd jerky walk, and pretensions to gentility
< Chaplinesque comedy >
< waddling with all their Chaplinesque might — Russell Owen > |