Yorick
/ˈjɒrɪk/
/ˈjɔːrɪk/
- a former court jester (= a man employed to amuse the king in the Middle Ages) whose skull is found by the men digging Ophelia's grave in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Hamlet picks up the skull and makes a famous speech, which begins:
约里克（Yorick）：前宫廷小丑（中世纪时被雇来逗弄国王的人），其头骨是由莎士比亚戏剧《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet）中挖掘奥菲莉亚坟墓的人发现的。哈姆雷特（Hamlet）拾起头骨并发表著名演讲，演讲开始：