scaramouche
['skærəmu:tʃ, -mautʃ]
- n. 胆小丑角，胆怯者；美人如玉剑如虹（电影名）
英英释义
- 1. a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
英文词源
- scaramouche (n.)
- 1660s, name of a cowardly braggart (supposed by some to represent a Spanish don) in traditional Italian comedy, from Italian Scaramuccia, literally "skirmish," from schermire "to fence," from a Germanic source (such as Old High German skirmen "defend"); see skirmish (n.). According to OED, a vogue word in late 17c. London due to the popularity of Italian actor Tiberio Fiurelli (1608-1694) in the part.