pantomimeとは

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpantəˌmʌɪm/

名詞

pantomime (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pantomimes)

1. (now まれに) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
   • Tylor

     [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.

2. (historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
3. (Britain) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]
   • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport^[1]:

     With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.

4. Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 26

     A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 26:

     In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.

派生語

• panto

関連する語

• dumb show
• mime
• pantomimical

参考

• sign language

参考

• dumb show

動詞

pantomime (三人称単数 現在形 pantomimes, 現在分詞 pantomiming, 過去形および過去分詞形 pantomimed)

1. (transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.

   I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.

2. (transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Latin

名詞

pantomīme

1. vocative singular of pantomīmus