Rumford was among those clowning around at the Elk City Rodeo.

罗姆福德是麋鹿城牛仔竞技比赛赛场上的小丑之一。

Rumford has been a rodeo clown for six years, and he receives more than just laughs.

罗姆福德从事竞技小丑这个职业已经六年了，而他收获的不止有观众的笑声。

He decamped first to England and then to Germany, where he served as a military advisor to the government of Bavaria, so impressing the authorities that in 1791 he was named Count von Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire.

他先逃到英国，然后来到德国，在那里担任巴伐利亚政府的军事顾问。他深深打动了当局，1791年被授予神圣罗马帝国伦福德伯爵的称号。

The fireplace, where she had expected the ample width and ponderous carving of former times, was contracted to a Rumford, with slabs of plain though handsome marble, and ornaments over it of the prettiest English china.

壁炉，她原以为宽阔的壁炉和笨重的雕刻是从前的，现在承包给了拉姆福德，用普通但漂亮的大理石板，上面装饰着最漂亮的英国瓷器。