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词汇 mummer-s-play
释义 mummer's play
noun[ C ]
(alsomummers' play)uk /ˈmʌm.əz ˌpleɪ/ us /ˈmʌm.ɚz ˌpleɪ/(alsomumming play)
(especially in the past) a traditional type of play performed by mummers(= performers who are not trained actors):
The traditional mummer's play is performed every Good Friday.
Groups of villagers performed mummers' plays in large country houses.
Ploughs, decorated with coloured ribbons, were carried from house to house and then a mumming play was performed.
She looked like a witch from a mummer's play.
The anger in his face reminded him of the figure of St John the Baptist in a mummer's play.
We would like to perform a small mummer's play for you.
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