1·Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a 25 toe dancer. He jumped from ticker to phone, from desk to door with the trained 26 agility of a 27 harlequin.
麦克斯韦尔把椅子猛推到墙边，如芭蕾舞者踮着脚尖跳舞般敏捷地处理业务，一下从股票行情自动收录器跳到电话机旁，一下又从办公桌边跳到门口，其灵活度不亚于受过专门训练的滑稽丑角。
2·Christine Merrill who writes for Harlequin Historicals, usually spends her summer vacation with her husband and two sons at wherever World Con is being held that year.
克里斯汀·梅利尔，《历史丑角》的作者，通常和她的丈夫以及两个儿子会选择在每年世界大会召开的城市度假。
3·And then you won't know me, Sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket — a jay in borrowed plumes.
那你就不认识我了，先生，我不再是你的简·爱，而是穿了丑角衣装的猴子——一只披了别人羽毛的八哥。
4·Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a toe dancer. He jumped from ticker to phone, from desk to door with the trained agility of a harlequin.
麦克斯韦尔把椅子猛推到墙边，如芭蕾舞者踮着脚尖跳舞般敏捷地处理业务，一下从股票行情自动收录器跳到电话机旁，一下又从办公桌边跳到门口，其灵活度不亚于受过专门训练的滑稽丑角。
5·Pierrot, Harlequin, and Columbine will go to bed late this evening.
小丑， 丑角和哥伦拜恩会今天晚上睡觉晚。