pantomime

pantomime
noun

(Brit.)a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas. Modern British pantomime developed from the harlequinade and the cast typically includes a man in the chief comic female role (‘principal dame’), a woman in the main male role (‘principal boy’), and an animal played by actors in comic costume
(英)（圣诞节期间演出的）童话剧（现代英国童话剧从滑稽表演演化而来，一般包括一名由男演员饰演的女滑稽角色、一名由女演员饰演的男滑稽角色和由身穿滑稽服装的演员饰演的动物角色）
a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music
（源于古罗马的）哑剧
■an absurdly exaggerated piece of behaviour
荒唐可笑的夸张动作
he made a pantomime of checking his watch.
他很夸张地看了一下表。
■(informal)a ridiculous or confused situation or event
(非正式)滑稽可笑的情景（或事情）
the drive to town was a pantomime.
驱车进城真是荒唐可笑。

verb

[with obj.]express or represent (something) by extravagant and exaggerated mime
用很多夸张的手势和动作表达

派生
pantomimic
adjective
语源

late 16th cent. (first used in the Latin form and denoting an actor using mime): from French pantomime or Latin pantomimus, from Greek pantomimos 'imitator of all' (see panto-, mime)

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