单词	ventriloquist
释义	ventriloquistven‧tril‧o‧quist /venˈtrɪləkwɪst/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINventriloquist Origin: 1700-1800 Late Latin ventriloquus ‘ventriloquist’, from Latin venter ( ➔ VENTRAL) + loqui ‘to speak’; from the belief that the voice comes from the ventriloquist's stomach Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Beware the ventriloquist, the dark horse, whose thrown voice juggles the truth. Frank shows himself to be the only ventriloquist to move his lips but not his teeth. Just occasionally, one could be forgiven for thinking that the dummy had overtaken the ventriloquist. When I grew up I became a ventriloquist, and at that I was very well trained by a great master. word sets WORD SETS► Performing acrobat, nounact, verbacting, nounactor, nounactress, nounagent, nounarena, nounbig name, nounbill, nounblack comedy, nounbook, verbcast, nouncasting, nounclown, nouncomedian, nouncomedienne, nouncomedy, nouncomic, nouncompany, nounconcert hall, nounconjure, verbconjurer, nounconjuring, nounconservatoire, nounconservatory, nouncontortionist, noundisplay, noundouble act, nounduo, nounemcee, nounenact, verbencore, nounentertainer, nounentertainment, nounfestival, nounfinale, nounfirst night, nounfool, noungala, noungrand finale, nounguest, nounham, nounheadline, verbheartthrob, nounhigh wire, nounhypnotist, nounimpersonator, nounimpresario, nouninterlude, nounintermission, nouninterpret, verbinterpretation, nounintro, nounlive, adjectivemagic, nounmagician, nounmagic wand, nounmajorette, nounmanager, nounmask, nounmatinée, nounmatinée idol, nounmegastar, nounmime, nounminstrel, nounnarration, nounopening night, nounPA, nounpart, nounperform, verbperformance, nounperformer, nounpresentation, nounprincipal, nounproducer, nounprogramme, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounpublic, nounpunchline, nounraconteur, nounrecast, verbrecitation, nounrehearsal, nounrehearse, verbrepertoire, nounreprise, nounringside, nounroadshow, nounrole-play, nounsafety net, nounshow business, nounshowgirl, nounshow-stopping, adjectivesketch, nounslapstick, nounsleight of hand, nounsmash hit, nounsnake charmer, nounsold out, adjectiveson et lumière, nounstand-up, adjectivestand-up, nounstar, verbstooge, nounstraight man, nounstripper, nounstriptease, nounsuperstar, nountattoo, nountightrope, nountour, nountroubadour, nountroupe, nountumbler, nounventriloquist, nounvirtuoso, nounwooden, adjective someone who entertains people by speaking without moving their lips and making it seem that the words are spoken by a model of a person called a dummy—ventriloquism noun [uncountable]
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