puppets

英 [ˈpʌpɪts]

美 [ˈpʌpəts]

n.  木偶; 傀儡
puppet的复数

柯林斯词典

• 木偶
  Apuppetis a doll that you can move, either by pulling strings which are attached to it or by putting your hand inside its body and moving your fingers.
• N-COUNT 傀儡；受人操纵者
  You can refer to a person or country as apuppetwhen you mean that their actions are controlled by a more powerful person or government, even though they may appear to be independent.
  1. When the invasion occurred he ruled as a puppet of the occupiers...
     外敌入侵时，他作为占领者的傀儡行使统治。
  2. He warned there would be a 'social explosion' if the army installed another puppet prime minister.
     他警告说如果军方再安插一个新的傀儡首相，将会引发“社会暴动”。

双语例句

• Are these Kate's puppets?
  这些是凯特的木偶吗？
• The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage-T.E.Lawrence.
  活着的人们知道他们自己不过是上帝的舞台上有知觉的玩偶而已&t·e·劳伦斯。
• Carped one seven-year-old about the glove puppets used in Burger King's The Lost World television advertisement.
  一名7岁儿童看到汉堡王的电视广告《失去的世界》中的布袋木偶，挑剔地说。
• In 1947 production such as Emperor's Dream used puppets in an exaggerated way to expose corruption of politics.
  1947年创作出了动画片《皇帝梦》。动画片用木偶以夸张的手法讽刺了当时政治的腐败。
• In this puppet play, the dolls are using the human characters as if they were puppets.
  在这出木偶戏里，玩偶有着与人类相同的性格特性。
• Besides the puppets and stage props, I also had to bring a mat and quilt.
  除了木偶和道具，我还要带上被褥。
• Hand puppets are very popular with children.
  布袋木偶是小孩子们非常喜欢的玩具。
• Shadow Plays are put on with folk-art shadow puppets.
  皮影戏用民间艺术中的皮影木偶进行表演。
• An unseen person makes the puppets dance.
  一个看不见的人使木偶翩翩起舞。
• They made the rules but, in reality, they were mere puppets manipulated by other men.
  他们制定了规程，但实际上他们只是受别人操纵的傀儡。