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- 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〉童话剧（包括音乐、关于人们所关注的问题的玩笑和闹剧, 取材于童话和婴儿故事, 通常在圣诞节期间演出; 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［女主角］、一名由女演员饰演的男滑稽角色［男主角］和由身穿滑稽服装的演员饰演的动物角色）。
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- a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music哑剧。
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- an absurdly exaggerated piece of behaviour荒唐可笑的夸张行为：
he made a pantomime of checking his watch.
他很夸张地看了一下表。
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- informal a ridiculous or confused situation or event〈非正式〉滑稽可笑的情景（或事情）; 混乱的情景（或事情）：
the drive to town was a pantomime.
驱车进城的一路上真是荒唐可笑。
派生词
pantomimic
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