dumb show
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈdumb show noun [countable, uncountable] APTthe use of movements without words to express something 哑剧,默剧 → mime
Examples from the Corpus
dumb show• In 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
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dumb show
ˈdumb show
noun [uncountable and countable]
the use of movements without words to express something ⇨ mime
ˈdumb show
noun [uncountable and countable]the use of movements without words to express something ⇨ mime