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- mass noun the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement哑剧艺术。
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- count noun a theatrical performance or part of a performance using such a technique哑剧。
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- count noun an action or set of actions intended to convey the idea of another action or an idea or feeling做手势（或其他示意动作）：
he performed a brief mime of someone fencing.
他用简单手势表现某人击剑。
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- （亦作mime artist）[count noun] a practitioner of mime or a performer in a mime哑剧艺术家; 哑剧演员。
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- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a simple farcical drama including mimicry（古希腊和罗马的）滑稽剧。
with obj.
1- use gesture and movement without words in the acting of (a play or role)用哑剧形式表演。
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- convey an impression of (an idea, emotion, or feeling) by gesture and movement, without using words; mimic (an action or set of actions) in this way用手势和动作表示（思想, 情感, 感觉）; 模仿（动作）, 模拟：
he stands up and mimes throwing a spear.
他站起来模拟了投标枪的动作。
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- no obj. pretend to sing or play an instrument as a recording is being played假唱; 假奏乐器：
singers and musicians on television often mime to pre-recorded tape tracks.
电视上歌手和乐师常随预先录好的磁带录音假唱或假奏。
派生词
mimer
noun词源
early 17th cent. （also in the sense 'mimic or jester'）： from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos.