舞台上的那個角色
這一支就是核心畫面裡的那個人。
noun · C2
A comic character from old Italian theatre: a servant in a mask and bright diamond-patterned clothes, who plays tricks on the other characters.
丑角；花衣小丑
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a masked servant on an old Italian stage, wearing a suit covered edge to edge in coloured diamonds, already planning his next trick. Everything the word does afterwards is either that man or that suit.
可以想成這個畫面：義大利舊劇場的舞台上，站著一個戴面具的僕人。他身上那件衣服從頭到腳鋪滿彩色菱格，而他腦子裡正在想下…更多收起
可以想成這個畫面：義大利舊劇場的舞台上，站著一個戴面具的僕人。他身上那件衣服從頭到腳鋪滿彩色菱格，而他腦子裡正在想下一個鬼點子。這個字後來的用法，其實都沒離開這個畫面——要嘛講的是這個人，要嘛講的是他身上那件衣服。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces harlequin through Middle French Harlequin (Italian Arlecchino, the servant character) back to Old French Hellequin, the name of a demon or malevolent spirit. The name of a mischief-making spirit was put on a mischief-making stage servant.
依本卷宗附的 Wiktionary 字源：harlequin 來自中古法語 Harlequin（義大利語 Arlecchino，喜劇裡的僕人角色），更早是古法語 Hellequin，一個惡魔、惡靈的名字。一個愛作亂的鬼怪名字，被搬到一個愛作亂的舞台僕人身上——這條線索剛好解釋了他為什麼從第一天起就是個搗蛋的角色。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1155637701): "From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin ... from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin ... (a demon, malevolent spirit)."
Two branches
他身上那件花衣
把核心畫面裡那件衣服單獨剪下來當形容詞用；講的不再是人，是花色。
adjective · C2
Having a pattern made of diamond shapes in many different colours, like the costume that the harlequin character wears.
彩色菱格紋的