deadpan

英 [ˈdedpæn]

美 [ˈdedpæn]

adj.  面无表情的; 不带感情色彩的; 假装正经的

复数：deadpans　现在分词：deadpanning　

GRE

BNC.23897 / COCA.17045

牛津词典

adj.

• 面无表情的；不带感情色彩的；假装正经的
  without any expression or emotion; often pretending to be serious when you are joking
  1. deadpan humour
     冷面幽默

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (幽默）冷面的；(开玩笑或作弄人时）故意板着脸的，一脸严肃的
  Deadpanhumour is when you appear to be serious and are hiding the fact that you are joking or teasing someone.
  1. ...her natural capacity for irony and deadpan humour...
     她天生具有的讥嘲讽刺和冷面幽默才能
  2. She put the letter on the desk in front of me, her face deadpan, not a flicker of a smile.
     她把那封信放在我面前的桌子上，故意一脸严肃，没有一丝的笑容。

英英释义

adj

• deliberately impassive in manner
  1. deadpan humor
  2. his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
  Synonym:expressionlessimpassivepoker-facedunexpressive

adv

• without betraying any feeling
  1. she told the joke deadpan

双语例句

• The chairman asked for ayes and noes, deadpan.
  主席面部无表情地问是谁赞同谁反对。
• "Some people don't catch his deadpan humor, that makes it even funnier."
  “有些人不能了解他那种无表情的幽默，因此更有趣。”
• Since I spend so much time talking and I never talk in a deadpan voice, I have high hopes of getting some recognition this way.
  因为我要花很多时间说话，而且腔调决不是死气沉沉的，因此我非常希望能以这种方式获得某种认可。
• She told the joke deadpan.
  她面无表情地说出了那个笑话。
• She looked at me deadpan.
  她面无表情地看着我。
• Her deadpan face really fooled me when she said she'd lost my bag-i didn't realize she was joking.
  当她说弄丢了我的提包时，她那不动声色的表情真骗过了我，我没意识到她在开玩笑。
• The bawdy Middle Ages, as Mr McLaren explains in his admirably deadpan prose, once again made impotence a laughing matter.
  不堪的中世纪，麦克拉伦用他极其冷静的笔触说道，再一次让阳萎成为笑柄。
• He gave his deadpan grin.
  他冷着面孔咧嘴一笑。
• The deadpan tone of the police report did not reflect the full horror of the accident.
  警方报告中平淡的语调没有全面地反映出事情的恐怖程度。
• People with a "poker face," whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan expression, are looked upon with suspicion.
  那种带着一张「扑克脸孔」的人，他的情绪隐藏于毫无表情的面容下，会被别人以怀疑的眼光看待。