（表情或语气）面无表情的；不动声色的；（幽默）用一本正经、毫无表情的方式表达的。
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He delivered the joke with a deadpan expression.
他面无表情地讲了这个笑话。
In a deadpan tone, she described the chaos as if it were perfectly normal, which made everyone laugh even more.
她用一本正经的语气把一片混乱说得像再正常不过，反而让大家笑得更厉害。
“deadpan”由“dead（死的、毫无反应的）”和“pan（俚语中指脸、面孔）”组成，字面意思接近“毫无表情的脸”。最初多用来形容演员或喜剧表演中不露声色的表情与语调，后来也可形容写作或叙述风格的“冷面幽默”。
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