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单词 puppetry
释义 pup·pet·ry
\ˈpəpə̇trē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: puppet + -ry
1. archaic : mummery 2
 < the low puppetry of thrones — S.T.Coleridge >
2. : the production or creation of puppets or puppet shows
 < this yearbook … is one of the outstanding contributions to puppetryQuarterly Journal of Speech >
 < a thriving center of puppetry — Barry Carman >
3. : the creation or presence in a literary work of an inadequately motivated character or group of characters
 < a great modern writer … capable in activity of presenting thoughtful women, thinking men, groaned over his puppetry, that he dared not animate them — George Meredith >
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