second banana
短语次要滑稽演员
发音
AU
词形变化
second bananas
复数
second bananas
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
非正式 习语He grew disenchanted with playing second banana and never getting credit for the laughter.
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2.
A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
非正式 习语The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink.