puppet-likeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpʌpᵻtlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpəpətˌlaɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puppet n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < puppet n. + -like suffix.

A. adj.

Resembling or characteristic of a puppet.

ΚΠ

1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. H3 ^v The puppet-like wealth.

1861 L. Linton in All Year Round 29 June 326/1 The ladies scarcely dare to look up at the puppet-like figure.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xvi. 349 They enter not with diffidence, but with something puppetlike about them, as if they were operated by clumsy springwork.

1994 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Nov. 38/3 The faces and figures of the men, remotely handsome, almost puppet-like, merge in a gorgeous military ballet.

B. adv.

In the manner of a puppet.

ΚΠ

a1629 T. Goffe Couragious Turke (1632) v. iv. sig. I2 You that so Puppet-like delude your hopes.

1780 Help to Elocution 20 I would not be supposed to intend that a speaker should be in continual motion; or that, puppet-like, he is to lift up first one hand and then another.

1827 H. Luttrell Crockford-House 130 Strung, puppet-like, on priestly wires, To the same tune for ever dancing.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 June 32 This two-person composition shows a woman..on her knees in a pleading posture, her fingers tied, puppetlike, to strings manipulated by a conservatively dressed businessman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puppet-like
释义	puppet-likeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈpʌpᵻtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpəpətˌlaɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puppet n., -like suffix. Etymology: < puppet n. + -like suffix. A. adj. Resembling or characteristic of a puppet. ΚΠ 1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. H3 ^v The puppet-like wealth. 1861 L. Linton in All Year Round 29 June 326/1 The ladies scarcely dare to look up at the puppet-like figure. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xvi. 349 They enter not with diffidence, but with something puppetlike about them, as if they were operated by clumsy springwork. 1994 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Nov. 38/3 The faces and figures of the men, remotely handsome, almost puppet-like, merge in a gorgeous military ballet. B. adv. In the manner of a puppet. ΚΠ a1629 T. Goffe Couragious Turke (1632) v. iv. sig. I2 You that so Puppet-like delude your hopes. 1780 Help to Elocution 20 I would not be supposed to intend that a speaker should be in continual motion; or that, puppet-like, he is to lift up first one hand and then another. 1827 H. Luttrell Crockford-House 130 Strung, puppet-like, on priestly wires, To the same tune for ever dancing. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 June 32 This two-person composition shows a woman..on her knees in a pleading posture, her fingers tied, puppetlike, to strings manipulated by a conservatively dressed businessman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1590
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