英语词汇“mime”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

mimemime1 /maɪm/ noun eng. lang. arts

ETYMOLOGYmime¹

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin mimus, from Greek mimos copier, mimic

1[uncountable] the use of actions or movements to express what you want to say without using words: Clark has studied mime and dance.2[countable] an actor who performs without using words3[countable] a performance in which no words are used: One performer did a silly mime during the overture.

noun | verb

mimemime2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

mime

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mime
	he, she, it	mimes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mimed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mimed
	he, she, it	has mimed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mimed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mime
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mimed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am miming
	he, she, it	is miming
	you, we, they	are miming
Past	I, he, she, it	was miming
	you, we, they	were miming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been miming
	he, she, it	has been miming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been miming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be miming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been miming

to perform something using actions and movements without any words: They mimed a tug of war.