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pantomime
(pæntəmaɪm)
Word forms: plural pantomimes
1. countable noun
A pantomime is a funny musical play for children. Pantomimes are usually based on fairy stories and are performed at Christmas.
[British]2. uncountable noun
Pantomime is the form of entertainment which involves producing a pantomime.
[British] What she does very well is pantomime.
He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.
3. uncountable noun
Pantomime is acting something out without speaking.
Chaplin feared that the art of pantomime was under threat.
4. singular noun
If you say that a situation or a person's behaviour is a pantomime, you mean that it is silly or exaggerated and that there is something false about it.
[mainly British] They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures. [+ of]
The rights of every American to good government have been damaged by the pantomimeon Capitol Hill.
pantomime in British English
(ˈpæntəˌmaɪm)
noun
1. (in Britain)
a.
a kind of play performed at Christmas time characterized by farce, music, lavish sets, stock roles, and topical jokes
Sometimes shortened to: pantob.
(as modifier)
a pantomime horse
2.
a theatrical entertainment in which words are replaced by gestures and bodily actions
3.
action without words as a means of expression
4.
(in ancient Rome) an actor in a dumb show
5. informal, mainly British
a confused or farcical situation
verb
6. another word for mime (sense 5)
Derived forms
pantomimic (ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk) or pantomimical (ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪkəl) adjective
pantomimically (ˌpantoˈmimically)
adverb
pantomimist (ˈpæntəˌmaɪmɪst)
noun
Word origin
C17: via Latin from Greek pantomīmos; see panto-, mimepantomime in American English
(ˈpæntəˌmaɪm)
noun
1.
in ancient Rome
a.
an actor who played his part by gestures and action without words
b.
a drama played in action and gestures to the accompaniment of music or of words sung by a chorus
2.
a.
any dramatic presentation played without words, using only action and gestures
b.
the art of acting in this way
3.
action or gestures without words as a means of expression
4.
in England, a type of entertainment presented at Christmastime, ending in a harlequinade
adjective
5.
of or like pantomime
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈpantoˌmimed or ˈpantoˌmiming
6.
to express or act in pantomime
Derived forms
pantomimic (ˌpantoˈmimic) (ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk) adjective
pantomimist (ˈpantoˌmimist) (ˈpæntəˌmaɪmɪst)
noun
Word origin
L pantomimus < Gr pantomimos < pantos (see panto-) + mimos, a mimic, actorImage ofpantomime
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British English: pantomime /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/ NOUN
A pantomime is a funny musical play for children, usually performed at Christmas.
She regularly appeared in pantomimes.
- American English: pantomime
- Arabic: مَسْرَحٌ لِلْأَطْفَالِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pantomima
- Chinese: 童话剧
- Croatian: pantomima
- Czech: dětská vánoční hra
- Danish: pantomime
- Dutch: pantomime
- European Spanish: pantomima
- Finnish: pantomiimi
- French: pantomime
- German: Pantomime
- Greek: παντομίμα
- Italian: pantomima
- Japanese: パントマイム
- Korean: 무언극
- Norwegian: pantomime
- Polish: pantomima
- European Portuguese: pantomima
- Romanian: pantomimă
- Russian: пантомима
- Latin American Spanish: pantomima
- Swedish: pantomimteater
- Thai: ละครที่มีพื้นฐานมาจากเทพนิยายแสดงช่วงคริสต์มาส
- Turkish: pandomim
- Ukrainian: пантоміма
- Vietnamese: vở kịch câm
Chinese translation of 'pantomime'
pantomime
(ˈpæntəmaɪm) (Brit)
n (c/u)
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童话(話)剧(劇)
(tónghuàjù) (部, bù)
作为圣诞节期间的特殊节目，英国家长会带孩子去看一场 pantomime，又称为 panto，一种取材于童话传说或传统故事的戏剧。演员穿着奇特的戏装，还有很多歌曲和舞蹈表演。观众的参与受到鼓励。孩子们给反派角色喝倒彩，使劲给男女主人公鼓劲。男主人公可能会由年轻的女演员反串，而男演员则反串岁数较大的女性角色（常常是男主人公的母亲）。