dumbshow
/ˈdʌmʃəʊ/noun
mass noun
1- gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime手势, 示意动作：
they demonstrated in dumbshow how the tea should be made.
他们用手势演示了如何沏茶
1.1
- count noun a piece of dramatic mime哑剧, 默剧：
there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows.
有插科打诨、模拟滑稽剧和哑剧。
1.2
- count noun(especially in English drama of the 16th and 17th centuries) a part of a play acted in mime to summarize, supplement, or comment on the main action（尤指16和17世纪英国戏剧中用以对主要情节作总结、补充和评论的）哑剧表演, 模拟表演。