| 单词 | marionette |
| 释义 | ldoce_216_cmar·i·o·nette /ˌmæriəˈnet/ noun [countable] DGOa puppet whose arms and legs are moved by pulling strings 牵线木偶 →5 See picture of finger puppet 手指木偶, marionette 牵线木偶, glove puppet BrE 【英】/hand puppet AmE 【美】手套式木偶 →4 See picture of 见图 marionetteExamples from the Corpusmarionette• And then her legs gently folded and she subsided slowly on the step, ungainly as a marionette.• Perry, in a fishing jacket, moving like a marionette that swallowed a pneumatic drill.• Hanns Ebensten describes the puppets as' marionettes, on strings, about fourteen inches high.• Thus wired, many patients feel like a clumsy marionette.• Strong ministers were still their own men; the weaker degenerated into marionettes.• She reminds me of marionettes I have seen.• At the moment it's marionettes Louise: Marionettes?• Visitors were intrigued by the live specimens, marionettes and innovations such as the Mouse Alert and the mini bubble.Origin marionette (1600-1700) French marionnette, from the female name Marion, from Marie “Mary”mar·i·o·nette nounChineseSyllable legs arms puppet and Corpus pulling are moved a by whose |
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