[N-VAR 可变名词]做手势;比划;哑剧动作;哑剧表演Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech.
Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions...
音乐、哑剧动作和强烈的视觉影像在表演中产生了强烈的效果。
Pupils presented a mime and puppet show.
学生们奉献了一台哑剧形式的木偶戏。
...a mime artist.
哑剧艺术家
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[VERB 动词]比划;用手势表示;以哑剧动作表达 If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech.
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It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework...
它的亮点是一段独舞,一名身穿短罩衫的女子以哑剧形式优雅地表演了许多做家务的动作。
I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning.
我记得曾经让她用哑剧动作表演早上起床的情景。
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[VERB 动词]对口型;假唱;假装表演 If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a CD or cassette.
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Richey's not miming, he's playing very quiet guitar...
里奇并非在摆样子,只是他的吉他弹得声音很小罢了。
In concerts, the group mime their songs...
这个组合在音乐会上假唱。
The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox.
侍者们配合自动唱机里播放的唱片对口型假唱。
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mimemimesmimedmimingnoun(alsoless frequentdumb·show)[uncountable , countable ](especially in the theatre) the use of movements of your hands or body and the expressions on your face to tell a story or to act sth without speaking; a performance using this method of acting 哑剧表演;哑剧;默剧◆The performance consisted of dance, music and mime.演出包括舞蹈、音乐和哑剧。◆a mime artist哑剧表演艺术家◆She performed a brief mime.她表演了一小段哑剧。verb1[transitive , intransitive ]to act, tell a story, etc. by moving your body and face but without speaking 表演哑剧;用哑剧动作表现mime(sth) ◆Each player has to mime the title of a movie, play or book.每一名参加者都得用哑剧动作表现出一部电影、戏剧或一本书的标题。mimedoing sth ◆He mimed climbing a mountain.他用哑剧形式表示爬山。2[intransitive , transitive ]mime(to sth) |mime(sth) to pretend to sing a song that is actually being sung by sb else on a tape, etc. (按照播放录音等)模拟歌唱;假唱◆The band was miming to a backing tape.乐队在用录音带播放歌曲的情况下模拟演唱。mime/maɪm; NAmEmaɪm/
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mimemime1 /maɪm/ noun
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[countable, uncountable] the use of movements to express what you want to say without using words, or a play where the actors use only movements: The children learn through role-play, dance and mime. They will perform a short mime later. a professional mime artist
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mimemime2 verb [intransitive, transitive]
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1to describe or express something, using movements not words: Stan put a finger to his mouth, miming ‘shush’.mime doing something Soundlessly, she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it.2to pretend to play or sing a piece of music, without making any soundmime to Singers on television often mime to pre-recorded tapes.
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