deadpan
無表情
解説 Definition
感情や反応を表に出さない、いかなる表情の変化も見せない様子です。ユーモアを使うときでも、真面目な顔をして冗談を言う人や態度を指します。
Deadpan describes a way of speaking or showing emotion that is completely serious and without expression. It is often used in comedy when someone says something funny with a calm face and voice. It can also describe a person's usual expressionless style.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
deadpan は、ただの「無表情」ではなく、「おかしなことを言っているのに顔も声も真面目なまま」という場面で覚えると定着しやすい語です。poker face に近いですが、deadpan は特に humor や comment の“言い方”に出やすいのが特徴。deadpan expression, deadpan voice, deadpan humor をセットで覚えると、単なる表情の欠如ではなく「感情を見せず平然と言う」ニュアンスまで拾えます。blank expression より、少し演技的・乾いた感じがある点も区別の助けになります。
Think of someone saying something funny with a completely serious face. That is the classic deadpan style: a deadpan expression, deadpan voice, or deadpan humor. It is close to a poker face, but often used for the way humor is delivered.
例文
The comedian delivered his jokes with deadpan humor.
そのコメディアンは無表情なユーモアでジョークを提供しました。
Her deadpan expression made it hard to tell if she was joking.
彼女の無表情は彼女が冗談を言っているのか判断するのが難しかったです。
He replied with a deadpan tone, leaving everyone unsure if he was serious.
彼は無表情なトーンで返答したので、みんなが彼が真剣なのか分かりませんでした。
deadpan の類義語・関連語
deadpan の語源・成り立ち Etymology
deadpanはdead「死んだような・動かない」と、pan「顔」という俗語の複合です。文字どおり「死んだような顔」なので、感情を見せない無表情や平然とした言い方を指します。deathやdeadenはdeadと同じ根です。
Deadpan is a compound of dead and pan, with pan used in slang to mean "face." The image is of a face as still and expressionless as if it were dead. From that, the word came to describe a blank expression or a calm, emotionless style of speaking. Related words from the same root as dead include death and deaden.
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