| 单词 | marionette |
| 释义 | marionette From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_216_cmarionettemar‧i‧o‧nette /ˌmæriəˈnet/ noun [countable]DGOa puppet whose arms and legs are moved by pulling stringsExamples 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” |
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