deadpan
中文解釋
wordnet sense
Collocation Usage
Collins Definition
Adjective
Deliberately impassive or expressionless,
/ˈdedˌpan/,
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Deliberately impassive or expressionless,
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Deliberately impassive or expressionless
- - answers his phone in a deadpan tone
- - deadpan humor
Verb
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Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner
- - “I'm an undercover dentist,” he deadpanned
Adverb
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In a deadpan manner
Web Definitions:
- deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
- without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"
- Deadpan is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt or matter-of-fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or artificially grave demeanor. ...