They were all dressed as clowns.

　　他們都打扮成小丑。

　　Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.

　　格拉斯的小說里充斥著稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。

　　What do those clowns in the government think they are doing?

　　政府里的那些蠢貨自以為他們在做什么呢？

　　Robert was always the class clown.

　　那時候羅伯特總是班里的活寶。

　　He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.

　　他在笑，二人搭檔中逗人樂的那個。