English Dictionary

clown car

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklaʊn kɑɹ/

名詞

広義 軽蔑的 比喩的用法 通常

(comedy) A circus clown routine in which an implausibly large number of clowns climb into or out of a small car. / The undersized car used in a circus clown car routine.

日本語の意味

サーカスやコメディで、極めて小さな車に多数のピエロが乗り込んだり降りたりする演出、またはその目的で使用される小型車。

The audience erupted in laughter as ten clowns squeezed themselves into the tiny clown car.

観客は、十人のピエロがピエロの演目で使われる小さな車にぎゅうぎゅうと入り込むと、大笑いした。

意味（1）

(comedy) A circus clown routine in which an implausibly large number of clowns climb into or out of a small car.

Kids of all ages have been applauding the clown car trick for more than 60 years, ever since it was first introduced in 1950 by master clown Otto Griebling at the Cole Brothers Circus.

意味（2）

The undersized car used in a circus clown car routine.

Tiny chugging clown cars drive into the arena, and clown after clown after clown climbs out, enough to fill a bus.

意味（3）

(by extension) A very small car.

The two-stroke-engine powered, built-with-communist-pride Trabant — a very small, two-door, clown car that resembles a shrunken '55 Chevy — does not particularly excite me.

意味（4）

(by extension) A car or small enclosed space with too many people in it.

At the grocery store, a clown car as everyone unfolds, gets out, stretches legs and goes inside, stopping a moment in appreciation of air conditioning.

意味（5）

(figuratively, usually derogatory) Any process with a comically large number of participants.

I hope you enjoy this endlessly overstuffed clown car of trivia (Ken Jennings's Trivia Clown Car?).

意味（6）

A car that looks gaudy or otherwise ridiculous.

Through our parade fees we have purchased a 1938 LaSalle hearse (which we painted red and yellow) and our own public address system, which is mounted on our clown car (hearse).

意味（7）

A car for clowns, especially the car of a circus train that carries the clowns.

I lost complete track of Frank Sinatra and while I was hunting for him I saw a fellow with my tramp makeup on, waiting to get into the clown car.

clown cars （ plural ）