pantomime
- IPA[ˈpantəmʌɪm]
英式
- a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas；a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.
- express or represent by exaggerated mime
noun: pantomime, plural noun: pantomimes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. British a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas a pantomime villain he is currently appearing in pantomime in Manchester
- 2. a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.
- 3. an absurdly exaggerated piece of behaviour he made a pantomime of checking his watch
- ▪ an absurd or confused situation the drive to town was a pantomime
動詞
- 1. express or represent by exaggerated mime they pantomimed picking up dropped food
