Deadpan



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.无表情的
• ［英］ adj.无表情的 ( wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling)
• ［类］ impudence : brazen / deadpan : impassive ( 同义: 厚颜无耻和厚颜无耻的 / 无表情和冷漠的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: circa 1928
• marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression <a deadpan comedy>
• ? deadpan adverb

II. noun

• Date: circa 1930
• 1. a completely expressionless face
• 2. a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation

III. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1942
• to express in a deadpan manner
• ? deadpanner noun

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