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单词 pantomime
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pan•to•mime /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/USA pronunciation   n., v., -mimed, -mim•ing. 
n. 
  1. Show Business[uncountable] the art of conveying actions and thoughts by movements without speech.
  2. Show Business[countable] a play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves by gesture alone.

v. 
  1. to represent or express in pantomime: [+ object]He pantomimed hunger by rubbing his belly and groaning.[no object]He pantomimed by rubbing his stomach and groaning.
pan•to•mim•ist /ˈpæntəˌmaɪmɪst/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pan•to•mime  (pantə mīm′),USA pronunciation n., v., -mimed, -mim•ing. 
n. 
  1. Show Businessthe art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  2. Show Businessa play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures, often to the accompaniment of music.
  3. significant gesture without speech.
  4. Antiquity, Show Businessan actor in dumb show, as in ancient Rome.
  5. Show BusinessAlso called Christmas pantomime. a form of theatrical spectacle common in England during the Christmas season, generally adapted from a fairy tale and including stock character types who perform songs and dances, tell jokes, etc.

v.t. 
  1. to represent or express in pantomime.

v.i. 
  1. to express oneself in pantomime.
  • Greek pantómīmos. See panto-, mime
  • Latin
  • 1580–90; earlier pantomimus
pan•to•mim•ic  (pan′tə mimik),USA pronunciation pan′to•mimi•cal, adj.  pan′to•mimi•cal•ly, adv. 
pan′to•mimic•ry, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pantomime /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/ n
  1. (in Britain) a kind of play performed at Christmas time characterized by farce, music, lavish sets, stock roles, and topical jokes
  2. a theatrical entertainment in which words are replaced by gestures and bodily actions
  3. action without words as a means of expression
  4. informal chiefly Brit a confused or farcical situation
vb
  1. another word for mime
Etymology: 17th Century: via Latin from Greek pantomīmos; see panto-, mime

pantomimic /ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk/ adj
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