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单词 marionettish
释义 marionettish, a.|mærɪəˈnɛtɪʃ|
Also marionetish.
[f. marionette + -ish1.]
Suggestive of a marionette in appearance or movement.
1921E. O'Neill Emperor Jones v. 184 There is something stiff, rigid, unreal, marionettish about their movements.1930Observer 18 May 26/2 ‘Intimate Snapshots’ was fresher and rounder in conception than in execution... I thought the liftman unclear in his explanation, and the journalists marionetish.1963A. Ross Australia 63 x. 196 If fast, short-pitched bowling induces an initial, marionettish jerkiness he soon settles down to more convincing methods.1969E. Wilkins Rose-Garden Game viii. 192 Their marionettish aspect encourages the impression that at any moment the gilded mandorla might begin to turn on its axis and spin.
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