词汇 | pantomime-horse |
释义 | pantomime horse noun[ C ] uk /ˌpæn.tə.maɪm ˈhɔːs/ us /ˌpæn.t̬ə.maɪm ˈhɔːrs/ two people pretending humorously to be a horse by dressing in special clothes and standing one behind the other so that the front person appears as the horse's front half and the person behind forms the back part双人扮马(由两个演员穿特殊的衣服扮演的马,前面的演员撑起马头和前腿,后面的演员撑起后腿) Ryan McVay/Photodisc/GettyImages Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts billing bit part callback cameo role cast list characterization chorus dialogue dual role exeunt exit fictionalize Harlequin miscast supporting swing table read tapescript teleplay title role Examples of pantomime horsepantomime horse We are left with the fetlocks of the backend of a pantomimehorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be the pantomimehorse of capitalism if it is anything at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, his speech was to some extent a pantomimehorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have the most extraordinary pantomimehorse in political history—one in which the front legs never communicate with the back legs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their party is split from top to bottom, behaving like two halves of a pantomimehorse walking in opposite directions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a pantomimehorse called duopoly, its head in a plutonium trough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned that the sub-committee will not hold to systematic views, but be a pantomimehorse that will try to face in both directions at once. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a previous stage adaptation, a version of a pantomimehorse was used, where two actors filled one costume, providing three arms and two heads between them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was sometimes described as a pantomimehorse: its back half, over which she presided, was required reading even for many who disliked the paper's politics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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