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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pan·to·mime
\\ˈpan-tə-ˌmīm\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Latin pantomimus, from pant- + mimus mime DATE 1589 1. pantomimist 2. a. an ancient Roman dramatic performance featuring a solo dancer and a narrative chorus b. any of various dramatic or dancing performances in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers c. a British theatrical entertainment of the Christmas season based on a nursery tale and featuring topical songs, tableaux, and dances 3. a. conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance b. the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements only • pan·to·mim·ic \\ˌpan-tə-ˈmi-mik\\ adjective
verb (-mimed ; -mim·ing) DATE 1768 intransitive verb : to engage in pantomime transitive verb : to represent by pantomime English Etymology pantomime 1615, "mime actor," from L. pantomimus "mime, dancer," from Gk. pantomimos "actor," lit. "imitator of all," from panto- (gen. of pan) "all" + mimos "imitator." Meaning "drama or play without words" first recorded 1735. The Eng. dramatic performances so called, usually at Christmas and with words and songs and stock characters, are attested by this name from 1739; said to have originated c.1717. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 pantomime panto·mime / 5pAntEmaim / noun1. (also BrE informal panto) [C, U] (in Britain) a type of play with music, dancing and jokes, that is based on a fairy tale and is usually performed at Christmas (英国多在圣诞节期间上演的)童话剧 2. [U, C, usually sing.] the use of movement and the expression of your face to communicate sth or to tell a story 哑剧；默剧 SYN mime 3. [C, usually sing.] (BrE) a ridiculous situation, usually with a lot of confusion 滑稽可笑的局面 SYN farce
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English pantomime noun ADJ. Christmas PANTOMIME + NOUN cow, dame, horse | season • Note at PERFORMANCE (for verbs) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pan·to·mime I. \ˈpantəˌmīm, ˈpaan- also -ˌmēm; ÷ -ˌmīn\ noun Etymology: Latin pantomimus, from Greek pantomimos actor, mimic, from pant- + mimos mime — more at mime 1. or pan·to·mi·mus \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmīməs\plural pantomi·mi \-īˌmī\ a. : a solo dancer of imperial Rome acting all the characters of a story (as of tragic love) usually from myth or history by means of steps, postures, and gestures alone with the help of changes of mask and costume, a chorus singing the narrative usually in Greek, an orchestra, and sometimes an assistant b. : a performance featuring such a dancer — compare mime 32. archaic : pantomimist 13. a. : an 18th century French or English ballet modeled on the Roman pantomime with subjects from classical mythology b. : an 18th century English harlequinade originally burlesquing the pantomime ballet, performed by dancing comedians, and serving as an interlude or afterpiece c. : a British theatrical extravaganza of the Christmas season based on a story now usually adapted from a traditional nursery tale, featuring topical songs, tableaux, dances, and similar entertainments in a blend of broad humor, fantasy, melodrama, sentimentality, and morality, and formerly incorporating a harlequinade introduced by a scene in which the persons of the tale are magically transformed into those of the harlequinade — called also panto; see dame 5, principal boy4. : a sequence of movements or actions not accompanied by speech or seen from beyond earshot < her face enacting a vivid pantomime of the criticisms passing in her mind — Thomas Hardy > < she strolled up to him … and I saw the pantomime of the introduction — Mary Deasy > 5. : expressive bodily movement in drama or dance: a. : expressive movements (as of the face, hands) of an actor; especially : silent acting b. : movement in a ballet that develops a story and is more realistic and less conventionalized than dance movement c. : expressive movements made by a ballet dancer except with the legs 6. a. : a dramatic performance using no dialogue b. : a dance that enacts a story especially by mimed action : a ballet mime 7. a. : the art of expressing the action of a story by simplified, exaggerated, and often conventionally symbolic gestures without words b. : the genre of theatrical entertainment comprising pantomimes II. transitive verb : to represent by pantomime < the Butcher's Dance in which he would pantomime the killing and carving of an animal — Phyllis Pearsall > < I pantomimed the fact that I'd come a long way — Sally Carrighar > intransitive verb : to engage in pantomime |
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