pantomime

1. N-SING If you say that a situation or a person's behaviour is a pantomime, you mean that it is silly or exaggerated and that there is something false about it. 鬧劇[英國(guó)英語]

They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures. 他們以那種具有夸張的微笑和動(dòng)作的一般鬧劇受到歡迎。