juggler: [12] A juggler was originally a ‘jester’, and the word is related to English joke. Its ultimate source was Latin joculātor, a derivative of jocus ‘jest’ (from which English gets joke). This passed into Old French as jogleor, and was borrowed into English at the beginning of the 12th century. It denoted a general entertainer or buffoon, but it was also used for a magician or conjurer, and it was presumably an underlying notion of dexterity or sleight of hand that led by the 17th century to its being used for someone who keeps several objects in the air at the same time.
Old French jogleor became modern French jougleur, and this spawned the variant form jongleur, which was borrowed into English in the 18th century. => jocular, joke
c. 1100, iugulere "jester, buffoon," also "wizard, sorcerer," from Old English geogelere "magician, conjurer," also from Anglo-French jogelour, Old French jogleor (accusative), from Latin ioculatorem (nominative ioculator) "joker," from ioculari "to joke, to jest" (see jocular). Connecting notion between "magician" and "juggler" is dexterity.
双语例句
1. Dick was a juggler, who threw mists before your eyes.
迪克是个骗子, 他在你面前故弄玄虚.
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2. The juggler juggled three bottles.
这个玩杂耍的人可同时抛接3个瓶子.
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3. The juggler juggled three flasks.
这个玩杂耍的人可同时抛接三个瓶子.
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4. The juggler conjured a rabbit out of the hat.
那个耍把戏的人从帽子里变出一只兔子来.
来自辞典例句
5. His clowning is founded on extreme skill as juggler and acrobat.
