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Pantomime Dramatic Performances Mime Related Pæntəmaim N.哑剧 英

单词 pantomime
音标 ['pæntəmaim]
解释 n.哑剧
红宝书 【英】 哑剧(any of the variances dramatic or dancing performances in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers)_
【记】 panto(神话剧)+mime (哑剧)→童话哑剧
字源 pantomime (n.)
1610s, "mime actor," from Latin pantomimus "mime, dancer," from Greek pantomimos "actor," literally "imitator of all," from panto- (genitive of pan) "all" (see pan-) + mimos "imitator" (see mime (n.)).
Meaning "drama or play without words" first recorded 1735. The English 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. Related: Pantomimic; pantomimical.
pantomime (v.)
1768, from pantomime (n.). Related: Pantomimed; pantomiming.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】panto- 同pan- 全 + mime 哑剧;音:胖头咪咪→胖头娃娃演哑剧

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