pantomime
模拟剧,模拟戏,模拟秀,模拟经营
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Definitions
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- : the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- : a play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures, often to the accompaniment of music.
- : significant gesture without speech.
- : an actor in dumb show, as in ancient Rome.
- : Also 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.
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pan·to·mimed, pan·to·mim·ing.
- : to represent or express in pantomime.
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The death is real, and yet the movements seem like a pantomime, awkward and inadequate.
Sharp did lots of school plays, which led to a role in amateur operetta, then professional pantomime.
So I watched him pantomime skating, and I thought well if he can do it, I can do it.
A pantomime horse plays a role, as does a sardonic hand puppet.
“Grimaldi was pantomime,” writes Andrew McConnell Scott in his biography, The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi.
In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.
She tried a pantomime of washing her hands, but to the boy she had appeared to be merely wringing them.
The professional and amateur stage rights on this pantomime are strictly reserved by the author.
The description of the stroke dealt by Mr. Adams's wife did not account for this peculiar feature in Bartow's pantomime.
The English excel in pantomime as much as the French in comedy.