• n. 拍手喝彩者；一群諂媚者

擬聲詞，模仿鼓掌的聲音。原指戲院里面花錢雇來鼓掌捧場的人。

claque (n.)

1860, from French claque "band of claqueurs," agent noun from claquer "to clap" (16c.), echoic (compare clap (v.)). Modern sense of "band of political followers" is transferred from that of "organized applause at theater." Claqueur "audience memeber who gives pre-arranged responses in a theater performance" is in English from 1837.

This method of aiding the success of public performances is very ancient; but it first became a permanent system, openly organized and controlled by the claquers themselves, in Paris at the beginning of the nineteenth century. [Century Dictionary]

1. Claque: a group of persons hired to applaud at a performance.

捧場者: 演出時雇來鼓掌的一幫人.

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