mime
noun /maɪm/
/maɪm/
(also less frequent dumbshow)
[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 something 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。
Collocations DictionaryMime is used before these nouns:- artist
词源early 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘mimic or jester’): from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos. - The performance consisted of dance, music and mime.