单词	deadpan
释义	deadpandead‧pan /ˈdedpæn/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeadpan Origin: 1900-2000 dead + pan ‘face’ (1900-2000) Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "We're out of gas, so I guess you'll have to walk home," he said, giving me a deadpan expression. a deadpan expression EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Garcia turns in another soulful-eyed but deadpan performance. The third lady who wants more than lunch is Bowles, who describes their flight from convention in deadpan style. This, and the fact that Mike was a competitor, seemed to get Dmitri edgy: his face went entirely deadpan. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora face that does not show any feelings or opinions► expressionless · Oswini was watching her with expressionless eyes.· Terry's face was expressionless as he listened to the report. ► blank showing no emotion, interest, or understanding in your expression, for example because you are bored, or have not been paying attention to what is being said: · Maria could tell by the blank look in my eyes that I didn't understand.· The children's faces were blank with sleepiness. ► deadpan deliberately showing no humour in your expression, even though what you are saying or doing is meant as a joke: · "We're out of gas, so I guess you'll have to walk home," he said, giving me a deadpan expression. ► inscrutable someone who has an inscrutable expression shows no emotion or reaction, so it is impossible to guess what they are thinking or feeling: · She looked for some response, but Jean's expression remained inscrutable.· The inscrutable gaze of the palace guards made me a little nervous. ► poker-faced someone who is poker-faced does not show at all what they are thinking or feeling, either because they do not want other people to know or because they disapprove of something: · Not even Will Rogers could make the poker-faced President laugh.· Albert, normally poker faced, wore a look of shock. ► impassive not showing any emotion, especially in a situation where you would normally expect someone to be sad, shocked, upset, etc: · Russell struggled to keep an impassive face as she continued.· The defendant remained impassive as the judge announced the guilty verdict. to look serious when you are joking► keep a straight face to stop yourself from laughing or smiling when you are joking or when you think something is funny: · Barbara tried to keep a straight face, but in the end she just couldn't help laughing.· He looked so ridiculous -- I don't know how I managed to keep a straight face. ► straightfaced if you say something straightfaced , you do not show by your expression that it is just a joke and is not really true: · Lea told him, completely straightfaced, that sunglasses are called moonglasses in Canada. ► deadpan if you do or say something funny in a deadpan way, you deliberately do or say it without smiling or laughing: · Laurel and Hardy played all their great comic roles completely deadpan.· the deadpan humour of TV comic Paul Merton· His tone was completely deadpan, and it was difficult to tell if he was joking or not. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► deadpan voice/expression etc  deadpan humour COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dry/deadpan humour (=when someone makes it seem as if they are being serious, but really they are being funny)· His serious demeanour lends itself to deadpan humour. sounding and looking completely serious when you are saying or doing something funnydeadpan voice/expression etc deadpan humour
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