单词
puppet
英 ['p?p?t]
美['p?p?t]
基本信息
- n. 木偶；傀儡；受他人操纵的人
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词态变化
复数:?puppets;
助记提示
1. pupil => pupa "girl, doll" => puppet.
中文词源
puppet 木偶，傀儡
来自古法语popette,玩具，木偶，来自popet小词形式，来自拉丁语pupa,小女孩，词源同pupa,pupil.引申词义傀儡。
英文词源
- puppet
- puppet: [16] Puppet, like its variant poppet [14], originally meant ‘doll’. It comes from Old French poupette, a diminutive form of *poupe ‘doll’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *puppa, a descendant of Latin pūpa ‘girl, doll’ (source of English pupa and pupil). The application to a ‘moving doll controlled by strings’ developed in the 16th century; in the case of poppet it has since died out, but it has taken over puppet completely.
=> pupil - puppet (n.)
- "doll moved by strings or wires" (later applied to puppets in glove form), 1530s, later form of Middle English popet "doll" (c. 1300; see poppet), from Old French popette "little doll, puppet," diminutive of popee "doll, puppet" (13c., Modern French poupée), from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pupa "girl; doll" (see pupil (n.1)).
Metaphoric extension to "one whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1540s (as poppet). Puppet show attested from 1650s, earlier puppet-play (1550s). Puppet government is attested from 1884 (in reference to Egypt).
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The occupying forces set up a puppet government .
- 占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.
- 我们观看了一场演出,内容有木偶和杂技.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The whole village was burnt down by the puppet troops.
- 整个村子都被伪军焚毁了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.
- 他猛一拉绳子,木偶就跳了起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》