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
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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
- a comic character in the form of a horse, played by two actors in one costume, one providing ...
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈpan(t)əˌmīm]
美式
- a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning ...
- express or represent (something) by extravagant and exaggerated mime: the clown candidates pantomimed different emotions
Oxford American Dictionary
