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dumb show

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Theatre
ˈdumb show noun [countable, uncountable]  APTthe use of movements without words to express something 哑剧,默剧 mime
Examples from the Corpus
dumb showIn a disturbing dumb show of sorry heterosexual seduction, she lured him inside and up the stairs.They laughed when they saw the tea, and demonstrated in dumb show how it should really be made.
ˈdumb show nounChineseSyllable
to the of words use express without movements Corpus


dumb show
ˈdumb show noun [uncountable and countable]
the use of movements without words to express something ⇨ mime