英语释义

1. marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
a deadpan comedy

2. in a deadpan manner without emotion blankly
Larry David started out in the 1970s doing stand-up in comedy clubs such as Catch a Rising Star, where if he came out on stage and did not like the audience he would stare at them deadpan … and walk off.
— Lee Siegel "A sex and violence weekend?" "That's two weekend ideas, actually," Derbin replies deadpan.
— Judith Miller

3. a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation

4. a completely expressionless face

5. to express in a deadpan manner

6. showing no feeling or emotion

7. a way of saying funny things without showing any feeling or emotion

8. to say (something funny) in a way that shows no feeling or emotion

英汉例句

• Wong recently made his TV network debut on CBS 'Letterman show - the hugely popular US late-night talk show - with dead-pan delivery on immigrants, family life and driving.

  不久前，黄西首次亮相荧屏，出现在美国哥伦比亚广播公司的着名午夜节目——《大卫·莱特曼秀》中，颇具冷面笑匠风范地讲起了有关移民、家庭生活、开车等故事。

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blank(Blank)人名；(法)布朗克；(英、德、西、俄、罗、捷、瑞典、芬)布兰克

catatonic紧张性精神癥患者

empty使失去；使…成为空的

expressionless无表情的；呆板的

impassive冷漠的；无感觉的

inexpressive无表情的；无意义的

numb麻木，木然

stolid迟钝的；缺乏热情的；冷漠的

vacant(Vacant)人名；(法)瓦康

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