| 释义 |
ˈpuppet-ˌplayer
Also 6–8 poppet-.
[f. puppet n. + player1.]
†a. A performer in a pantomime (obs.).
b. One who manages or exhibits a puppet-play.
1552Huloet, Puppet plaier, Circulator, Gesticulator. 1644Evelyn Diary 3 Feb., The Isle du Palais... The front looking on the greate bridge is possess'd by Mountebanks, Operators, and Puppet-players. a1704T. Brown Walk round Lond., Presbyt. Meeting-Ho. (1709) 14 The Wire in the Finger of the Poppet-Player. 1857Chamb. Jrnl. VII. 124 Italy, the native land..of modern puppetry, must..at a very early period have sent her puppet-players abroad.
So ˈpuppet-ˌplaying, the performance of puppet-plays. |