pantomime
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
- 2.
(Ancient Rome, countable, uncountable)(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
- 3.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots.
Đồng nghĩa: panto
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To make (a gesture) without speaking.
I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
- 2.
(transitive)To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.
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First appears c. 1606, from la pantomīmus, from grc παντόμιμος, from πᾶς (each, all) + μιμέομαι (to mimic). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.