First presented in 1947, Bip was part harlequin, part homage to Charlie Chaplin's melancholy bumbler, the Little Tramp.

毕普于1947年首次亮相，既是一个滑稽角色，也是向查理·卓别林扮演的那个忧郁又笨手笨脚的小流浪汉致敬。

But in their new environments, the harlequins wiped out native ladybugs.

但是在新环境中，小丑瓢虫却消灭了本地的瓢虫，这要归因于小丑瓢虫带来的寄生虫。

So people began importing an Asian species called the harlequin ladybird as natural pest control.

因此人们开始引进一种称作“小丑瓢虫”的亚洲物种，以此作为控制自然虫害的手段。

A parasite called microsporidia lies dormant in the circulatory systems of harlequin ladybirds.

这种叫做“微孢子虫”的寄生虫潜藏在小丑瓢虫的循环系统内。

When European ladybug species eat the harlequin ladybird eggs and larvae, they also consume the microsporidia. And die.

当欧洲的瓢虫吃小丑瓢虫的卵和幼虫的同时，也吃掉了微孢子虫。然后它们就会死。

So suddenly to have this kind of harlequin effect is rather splendid, I think and totally unexpected.

所以突然有这种丑角效果是相当出色的，我认为完全出乎意料。

In the street a travelling circus was passing, with mountebanks on donkeys and harlequins in parti-coloured dresses.

街上有一个巡回马戏团经过，江湖上的江湖骗子骑着驴子，小丑穿着五颜六色的裙子。

On buffet tables, garnished with glistening horsd'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.

自助餐桌上各色冷盘琳琅满目，一只只五香火腿周围摆满了五花八门的色拉、烤得金黄的乳猪和火鸡。

Thus, all the while Hepzibah was perfecting the scheme of her little shop, she had cherished an unacknowledged idea that some harlequin trick of fortune would intervene in her favor.

因此，在 Hepzibah 完善她的小店的计划的同时，她一直怀有一个未被承认的想法，即一些丑角的运气会介入对她有利。

A few clowns, harlequins, and acrobats, a circus-rider jumping through hoops, the painted columbine, and the hunchback performing various dull and foolish antics, represented the entire force of the company.

几个小丑、丑角、杂技演员，一个跳铁圈的马戏团骑手，一个彩绘鸽子，一个表演各种呆头呆脑的驼子，代表了整个剧团的全部力量。