mime

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復(fù)數(shù):?mimes;第三人稱單數(shù):?mimes;過去式:?mimed;過去分詞:?mimed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?miming;

mime 模仿，模擬，啞劇

來自拉丁語mimus,模仿，來自希臘語mimos,模仿者，小丑，模仿表演藝術(shù)家，可能來自擬聲詞，模仿模仿的聲音。引申詞義模擬，啞劇等。

mime: mime: [17] Greek mimos meant ‘imitator’, and hence ‘a(chǎn)ctor’. English took it over via Latin mīmus, and lost no time in turning it into a verb. The derived Greek adjective mīmikós has given English mimic [16], and other related forms include mimeograph [19], so called because it copies things, and mimosa [18], named from its tendency to curl up when touched, as if in ‘imitation’ of animal behaviour. The compound pantomime means etymologically ‘complete mime’.
=> mimeograph, mimosa, pantomime
mime (n.): c. 1600, "a buffoon who practices gesticulations" [Johnson], from French mime (16c.) and directly from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos "imitator, mimic, actor, mime, buffoon," of unknown origin. In reference to a performance, 1640s in a classical context; 1932 as "a pantomime."
mime (v.): 1610s, "to act without words," from mime (n.). The transferred sense of "to imitate" is from 1733 (Greek mimeisthai meant "to imitate"). Meaning "to pretend to be singing a pre-recorded song" is from 1965. Related: mimed; miming.

1. He can perform an astonishing variety of acts, including mime and juggling.: 他能表演好幾種令人驚嘆的把戲，包括啞劇和玩雜耍。

2. The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox.: 侍者們配合自動唱機(jī)里播放的唱片對口型假唱。

3. I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning.: 我記得曾經(jīng)讓她用啞劇動作表演早上起床的情景。