释义 |
mime /mīm/ noun- A play without dialogue, relying solely on movement, expression, etc
- An actor in such a play (also mime artist)
- (in ancient Greek and Roman theatre) a farcical play making great use of flamboyant gesture and facial expression
- An actor in such a farce
- Acting without words
- A mimic
- A buffoon
transitive verb and intransitive verb- To act as a mime
- To move the mouth in time to recorded singing, giving the illusion of a live performance
- To make the movements involved in the performing of a specific activity, eg as a clue in guessing-games
- To mimic
ORIGIN: Gr mīmos a mime, mīmēsis imitation, mīmētēs an imitator mīmˈer noun mimesis /mim- or mīm-ēˈsis/ noun - Imitation or representation in art
- The rhetorical use of a person's supposed or imaginable words
- Simulation of one disease by another (medicine)
- Mimicry (biology)
mimeˈster noun mimetˈic or mimetˈical /mim- or mīm-/ adjective - Imitative
- Mimic
- Of, relating to or displaying mimicry, mimesis or miming
mimetˈically adverb mimetite /mimˈi- or mīmˈi-/ noun A mineral, lead arsenate and chloride (from its resemblance to pyromorphite) mimic /mimˈik/ noun - A person who imitates, esp someone who performs in ludicrous imitation of others' speech and gestures
- A mime-actor (obsolete)
- An unsuccessful imitator or imitation
- A plant or animal exemplifying mimicry
adjective- Miming (obsolete)
- Imitative
- Mock or sham
transitive verb (mimˈicking; mimˈicked)- To imitate, esp in ridicule or so as to incur ridicule
- To ape
- To produce an imitation of
- To resemble deceptively
mimical /mimˈ/ adjective (obsolete) mimˈicker noun mimicry /mimˈ/ noun - The skill, practice or act of mimicking
- The adoption by one species of the colour, habits, sound or structure of another species, either for camouflage or to deceive a third species into confusing them (biology and zoology)
mīmogˈrapher noun A writer of mimes mīmogˈraphy noun Mīˈmus noun The mockingbird genus |