claque
claque
[klak, klɑːk]
noun
[klak, klɑːk]
noun
- a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker
一群雇来为演员捧场的人；一群雇来对演讲者起哄的人
■a group of sycophantic followers
一群阿谀奉承的追随者
the President was surrounded by a claque of scheming bureaucrats.
总统被一群阿谀奉承、诡计多端的官僚所包围。
- mid 19th cent.: French, from claquer 'to clap'. The practice of paying members of an audience for their support originated at the Paris opera
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