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

• 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。
• One who entertains with and operates puppets or marionettes. Suddenly, the puppet's head began to laugh.
  演布袋戏的人欣赏或演木偶或牵线木偶的人突然间，木偶笑了起来。
• Paul Klee's eerie hand puppets come a few rooms later, amid designs for tapestries and glasswork.
  过了几个房间会看到保罗·克利怪异的布袋木偶放在挂毯设计和玻璃制品中间。
• Are men the puppets of fate?
  人是命运的玩偶吗？
• The children I was looking after are interested in puppets.
  我照看的那些孩子对木偶感兴趣。
• 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。
• I just wanted Jennifer Connelly to find her goddamned way and save me the two hours of dancing puppets.
  我只是希望珍妮佛-康纳利能找到她那条该死的路来拯救我这两个小时的提心吊胆。
• No, we're finger puppets to them, john.
  不对啊，约翰，对他们来说，我们只是玩偶而已。
• I think he's talking about two Sock Puppets and a Beanie baby.
  他在说那些傀儡和酋长吗。
• 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。