knockabout

adj.

1. 闹剧的；喧闹喜剧的
   knockabout entertainment involves people acting in a deliberately silly way, for example falling over or hitting other people, in order to make the audience laugh

1. ADJ-GRADED 喧闹喜剧的；闹剧的
   Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them.
   1. He gave one of his best knockabout performances in a long time.
      他表演了很长时间，那是他最精彩的闹剧之一。

1. He gave one of his best knockabout performances in a long time.
   他表演了很长时间，那是他最精彩的闹剧之一。
2. The clowns gave a knockabout performance.
   小丑们作了令人发笑的滑稽表演。
3. A small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail.
   有好的航线和更多的帆的小游艇。
4. Better to get there by degrees, than through one or two knockabout public deals.
   实现目标最好采用循序渐进的方式，而不是借助一两宗引人注目的公开交易。
5. China, meanwhile, still wants to boost its use of gas to 10 per cent of total energy consumption by 2010, from about 3 per cent today. Better to get there by degrees, than through one or two knockabout public deals.
   与此同时，中国仍然希望到2010年将天然气占能源消费总量的比例从目前的3%提升到10%。实现目标最好采用循序渐进的方式，而不是借助一两宗引人注目的公开交易。

noun

1. a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit

adj

1. suitable for rough use
   1. a knockabout overcoat
   2. a knockabout old car

2. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
   1. boisterous practical jokes
   2. knockabout comedy

   Synonym:    boisterous