| 单词 | puppet master |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuppet master puppet master n. a manager of a puppet show; a puppeteer; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppeteer puppet player1601 puppet man1620 motion-man1631 puppet master1631 poppet-playera1656 poppet-shower1715 puppet-showman1715 puppeteer1915 marionettist1918 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as > mere > one who uses user1931 puppet master1965 1631 B. Jonson New Inne v. v. 96 Fidlers, Rushers, Puppet-masters, Iuglers. 1769 J. Wilkes North Briton lxxii. 432 These mongrel characters..see a necessity of putting on a Whig countenance..though they wear it awkardly..while in the more immediate service of the Puppet-Master. 1891 O. Wilde Critic as Artist in Intentions 157 Life cheats us with shadows, like a puppet-master. 1965 M. Allingham Mind Readers ix. 97 Much more worrying was the question of the mind behind their experiments... Who was the puppet master? 1996 Times 20 May 8/3 In characteristic fashion it contained a cartoon of Mr Sen as a puppet-master, pulling the strings of Prince Ranariddh. < as lemmas |
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