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If you are deadpan, you look and sound completely serious while you are saying or doing something funny. Your face does not smile; your voice does not wink. The humour is that you give nothing away, and the other person has to catch up.
If you are deadpan如果你deadpan you look and sound completely serious你看起來、聽起來都完全一本正經 while you are saying or doing something funny儘管你正在說或做好笑的事 Your face does not smile你的臉不會笑 your voice does not wink你的聲音也不會透露一絲玩笑 The humour is幽默感就在於 that you give nothing away你完全不露聲色 and the other person has to catch up讓對方自己反應過來
Comedians use it a lot; friends use it when they tease without a grin.
Comedians use it a lot喜劇演員很常這樣做 friends use it朋友之間也會這樣 when they tease without a grin互相調侃卻不露笑容的時候
It can describe a person (a deadpan comic), a face or voice (deadpan delivery), or the way someone speaks (she said it deadpan). You will also hear a deadpan as the style itself, and a few people use it as a verb: he deadpanned the line.
It can describe它可以用來形容 a person (a deadpan comic)一個人（無表情的喜劇演員） a face or voice (deadpan delivery)臉或聲音（不動聲色的表達方式） or the way someone speaks (she said it deadpan)或某人說話的方式（她面無表情地說） You will also hear你也會聽到 a deadpan as the style itself把deadpan本身當作一種風格來用 and a few people use it as a verb而少數人把它當動詞用 he deadpanned the line他面無表情地說出那句台詞
It is informal to neutral — everyday talk, reviews, comedy — not a stiff school word. Though actually, deadpan does not mean the joke failed, and it does not mean you are cold or . It is a way of being funny that keeps a still face.
It is informal to neutral這個詞語氣中性偏口語 everyday talk, reviews, comedy日常對話、評論、喜劇裡都會用 not a stiff school word不是課本裡那種生硬的詞 Though actually不過事實上 deadpan does not mean the joke faileddeadpan不代表這個笑話冷掉了 and it does not mean you are cold or unkind也不代表你冷漠或不友善 It is a way of being funny這是一種搞笑的方式 that keeps a still face靠的是維持一張撲克臉
Pan here is old slang for the face, so the picture is a face that looks “dead,” with no extra movement.
Pan here這裡的pan is old slang for the face是「臉」的舊俚語說法 so the picture is所以畫面就是 a face that looks 'dead,'一張看起來'dead'（死）的臉 with no extra movement沒有多餘的表情動作
組成From dead + pan. Pan here is old slang for the face, not the kitchen pan. So: a face that shows no life or extra feeling.
同家族的字
- deadthe first piece: no smile, no extra feeling in the face
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deadpanadj/ˈdɛdpæn/
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Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
- a deadpan face or look
- deadpan behaviour or speech
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Having such a face or look.
- The comedian remained deadpan.
deadpanadv/ˈdɛdpæn/
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In a deadpan manner.
- A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.
deadpannoun/ˈdɛdpæn/
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A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
- MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.
deadpanverb/ˈdɛdpæn/
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To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
- Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。