| 单词 | sock puppet |
| 释义 | > as lemmassock puppet sock puppet n. originally U.S. a simple puppet made from a sock that is fitted over and moved by the hand and fingers; (also figurative) a person whose actions are controlled by another; a minion. ΚΠ 1959 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 24 Sept. 12 (advt.) Shari Lewis Sock Puppet Reg. $1.39. 1969 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 July 17/2 Merle B. Karnes of the University of Illinois trained the mothers of 15 disadvantaged 3-year-olds to make inexpensive educational materials—sock puppets, lotto and matching games. 1997 E. Hand Glimmering iii. xiv. 289 There were boxes of strange hand-made toys, cars and boats and rocket ships carved from Popsicle sticks, sock puppets that moved Jack to tears. 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 27 Mar. 22/1 Jennifer Brand, a 24-year-old student who backed President Clinton in 1996, called Gore ‘a sock puppet’ and Bush ‘a wimp’. < as lemmas |
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