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单词	puppet
释义	pup·pet \ˈpəpə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English popet, from Middle French poupette little doll, diminutive of (assumed) poupe doll (whence French poupée doll), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin puppa, alteration of Latin pupa girl, doll, puppet — more at pupil 1. a. : a small-scale figure of a human or other living being often constructed with jointed limbs, appropriately painted and costumed, and moved usually on a small stage by a rod or by hand from below or by strings or wires from above — see marionette b. obsolete : an actor in a play or pantomime 2. a. archaic : idol 1a b. : doll 1a 3. archaic : a vain gaudily dressed person 4. : one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence < is no longer the arbiter of his own situation, but rather the puppet of circumstance — Joseph Furphy > < felt that they were after all mere puppets, creatures he could use — Sherwood Anderson > a. : a political or governmental official acting in an ostensibly independent or discretionary capacity but actually carrying out instructions from another authority or source < eager to succeed, yet empty of policy and the puppet of his country's enemies — Hilaire Belloc > < their satellites and puppets and collaborators have indisputably recorded the actual nature of their governance — Walter Millis > b. : a character in literature that serves chiefly as an agent of the author's designs without exhibiting or developing a distinct personality or a logical motivation < his personages are mere puppets, or, at best, incarnations of abstract qualities, or idealizations of disembodied grace or beauty — Richard Garnett †1906 > < they are not characters; they are puppets needed to establish certain information — John Van Druten > 5. obsolete : puppy 6. : a lathe poppet
随便看	self-confidently self-confiding self-congratulation self-congratulatory self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness self-consequence self-consistency self-consistent self-constituted self-contained self-containedly self-containedness self-contained ornament self-containment self-contamination self-contempt self-content self-contented self-contentedly self-contentedness self-contentment self-contradiction self-contradictory

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