pantomime

英 [ˈpæntəmaɪm]

美 [ˈpæntəmaɪm]

n.  (英国多在圣诞节期间上演的)童话剧; 哑剧; 默剧; 滑稽可笑的局面

复数：pantomimes　过去式：pantomimed　过去分词：pantomimed　现在分词：pantomiming　第三人称单数：pantomimes　

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牛津词典

noun

• （英国多在圣诞节期间上演的）童话剧
  (in Britain) a type of play with music, dancing and jokes, that is based on a fairy tale and is usually performed at Christmas
• 哑剧；默剧
  the use of movement and the expression of your face to communicate sth or to tell a story
• 滑稽可笑的局面
  a ridiculous situation, usually with a lot of confusion

柯林斯词典

• 圣诞童话剧
  Apantomimeis a funny musical play for children. Pantomimes are usually based on fairy stories and are performed at Christmas.
• N-UNCOUNT 圣诞童话剧演出
  Pantomimeis the form of entertainment which involves producing a pantomime.
  1. What she does very well is pantomime...
     她擅长圣诞童话剧演出。
  2. He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.
     他目前正在滨海韦斯顿主演圣诞童话剧。
• N-UNCOUNT 哑剧
  Pantomimeis acting something out without speaking.
  1. Chaplin feared that the art of pantomime was under threat.
     卓别林担心哑剧艺术面临威胁。
• N-SING 闹剧；（行为的）滑稽愚蠢
  If you say that a situation or a person's behaviour is apantomime, you mean that it is silly or exaggerated and that there is something false about it.
  1. They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures...
     他们受到了一如往常的欢迎，夸张的笑容和姿态如同一场闹剧。
  2. The rights of every American to good government have been damaged by the pantomime on Capitol Hill.
     每一位美国人享受良政的权利被国会山的闹剧损害殆尽。

英英释义

noun

• a performance using gestures and body movements without words
  Synonym:mimedumb show

verb

• act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
  1. The acting students mimed eating an apple
  Synonym:mime

双语例句

• The man of whom I speak was a low pantomime actor; and like many people of his class, an habitual drunkard.
  我所说的人是一个演哑剧的下级演员；他象他那个阶级的许多人一样，也是一个经常的醉鬼。
• I've not seen a real, old fashioned pantomime for donkey's year.
  我许多年没看过一出真正的老式的哑剧了。
• The stakes are too high for such pantomime acts.
  这种轻视带来的风险太高了。
• Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.
  在圣诞节演出的哑剧中还能看到这些戏剧残留下来的痕迹。
• Let's take the children to the pantomime!
  咱们带孩子去看童话剧吧！
• He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.
  他目前正在滨海韦斯顿主演圣诞童话剧。
• Children with expectant faces waiting for the pantomime to start.
  眼巴巴地等候童话剧开演的儿童们。
• They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures
  他们受到了一如往常的欢迎，夸张的笑容和姿态如同一场闹剧。
• A pair of stage sisters did a pantomime in costume.
  一对舞台姐妹穿着戏服演了一出哑剧。
• England was a revelation to her, and she found herself as diverted as a child at a pantomime.
  英国对她来说是一个新发现，她觉得自己象欣赏童话剧的孩子一样兴奋。