straight man

短语

n. <美>滑稽演员的配角

发音

AU /ˈstɹeɪtˌmæn/

straight men 复数 straight men

1.

A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.

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习语

For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man.
2.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man.

The committee consisted of two lesbians and a straight man.

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