| 单词 | marionette |
| 释义 | marionette (once / 7505 pages) n Use the noun marionette to describe a puppet that's manipulated with strings from above a stage. You might see a marionette show at a child's birthday party. A marionette is a very specific kind of puppet, one that's operated with sticks and wires or strings that move its arms, legs, and head in a nearly lifelike way. Marionettes have been around for centuries, at least since the ancient Greeks used them around 500 BC. The word marionette means "little little Mary" in French, a reference to one of the earliest known marionette characters, a puppet version of the Virgin Mary. WORD FAMILYmarionette: marionettes USAGE EXAMPLESNo more being tethered to your phone like a marionette. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Arkansas, a celebrant could mistake the musicians far below for marionettes in a department-store Christmas window, for the performance stage has been dropped 36 feet. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) Her legs buckled; she fell to the ground like a marionette whose strings had been cut. Los Angeles Times(Nov 03, 2016) n a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer Syn|Hyper puppet figure a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
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