puppet 音标拼音: [p'ʌpət] [p'ʌpɪt]
n . 傀儡,木偶
傀儡,木偶
puppet n 1 :
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [
synonym : {
puppet }, {
marionette }]
2 :
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [
synonym :
{
creature }, {
tool }, {
puppet }]
3 :
a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body ;
intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers Puppet \
Pup "
pet \,
n . [
OE .
popet ,
OF .
poupette ;
akin to F .
poup ['
e ]
e a doll ,
probably from L .
puppa ,
pupa ,
a girl ,
doll ,
puppet .
Cf . {
Poupeton }, {
Pupa }, {
Pupil }, {
Puppy }.] [
Written also {
poppet }.]
1 .
A small image in the human form ;
a doll .
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2 .
A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama ;
a marionette ;
a wooden actor in a play .
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At the pipes of some carved organ move ,
The gilded puppets dance . --
Pope .
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3 .
One controlled in his action by the will of another ;
a tool ; --
so used in contempt . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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4 . (
Mach .)
The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe .
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{
Puppet master }.
Same as {
Puppetman }.
{
Puppet play },
a puppet show .
{
Puppet player },
one who manages the motions of puppets .
{
Puppet show },
a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires .
{
Puppet valve },
a valve in the form of a circular disk ,
which covers a hole in its seat ,
and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it , --
used in steam engines ,
pumps ,
safety valves ,
etc .
Its edge is often beveled ,
and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed .
See the valves shown in Illusts .
of {
Plunger pump },
and {
Safety valve },
under {
Plunger },
and {
Safety }.
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212 Moby Thesaurus words for "
puppet ":
Charlie McCarthy ,
Elzevir ,
Federal ,
adherent ,
agate ,
agent ,
amanuensis ,
ancilla ,
apple -
polisher ,
appliance ,
ass -
licker ,
baby ,
backscratcher ,
backslapper ,
baggage agent ,
ball ,
baseball bat ,
bat ,
battledore ,
bauble ,
blocks ,
bootlick ,
bootlicker ,
brown -
nose ,
brownie ,
business agent ,
bust ,
carving ,
checkerboard ,
chessboard ,
cipher ,
claim agent ,
clawback ,
clerk ,
club ,
cockhorse ,
commercial agent ,
commission agent ,
consignee ,
contrivance ,
courtier ,
creature ,
cricket bat ,
cringer ,
cue ,
customer agent ,
device ,
disciple ,
doll ,
doll carriage ,
dolly ,
dud ,
dummy ,
duodecimo ,
dupe ,
factor ,
fantoccini ,
fawner ,
fed ,
federal agent ,
figure ,
figurehead ,
figurine ,
flatterer ,
flunky ,
follower ,
footlicker ,
freight agent ,
front ,
front man ,
functionary ,
general agent ,
gewgaw ,
gillie ,
gimcrack ,
gingerbread man ,
go -
between ,
golf club ,
goon ,
groveler ,
handmaid ,
handmaiden ,
handshaker ,
hanger -
on ,
helot ,
henchman ,
hireling ,
hobbyhorse ,
hollow man ,
implement ,
instrument ,
insurance agent ,
interagent ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermedium ,
jack -
in -
the -
box ,
jackal ,
jacks ,
jackstones ,
jackstraw ,
jackstraws ,
kickshaw ,
knickknack ,
kowtower ,
lackey ,
land agent ,
law agent ,
lay figure ,
led captain ,
lever ,
lickspit ,
lickspittle ,
literary agent ,
loan agent ,
man ,
man of straw ,
manikin ,
mannequin ,
marble ,
marionette ,
mealymouth ,
mechanism ,
mediator ,
medium ,
microcosm ,
midwife ,
mig ,
mini ,
miniature ,
minion ,
minny ,
model ,
monument ,
myrmidon ,
nebbish ,
news agent ,
nobody ,
nominal head ,
nonentity ,
nothing ,
nullity ,
official ,
organ ,
paper doll ,
parliamentary agent ,
passenger agent ,
patsy ,
pawn ,
peon ,
pick -
up sticks ,
pinwheel ,
plaything ,
portrait bust ,
press agent ,
purchasing agent ,
pushover ,
racket ,
rag doll ,
real estate agent ,
rocking horse ,
sales agent ,
satellite ,
scarecrow ,
sculpture ,
secretary ,
serf ,
servant ,
slave ,
snowman ,
spaniel ,
special agent ,
sport ,
station agent ,
statuary ,
statue ,
statuette ,
steelie ,
steward ,
stooge ,
subminiature ,
suck ,
sucker ,
sycophant ,
taw ,
teetotum ,
theatrical agent ,
thing of naught ,
thug ,
ticket agent ,
timeserver ,
toad ,
toady ,
tool ,
top ,
toy ,
toy soldier ,
travel agent ,
trifle ,
trinket ,
truckler ,
tufthunter ,
twelvemo ,
vehicle ,
votary ,
walking delegate ,
wax figure ,
waxwork ,
whim -
wham ,
wood carving ,
yes -
man ,
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