puppet

英 ['pʌpɪt] 美 ['pʌpɪt]
  • n. 木偶;傀儡;受他人操纵的人

助记提示


1. pupil => pupa "girl, doll" => puppet.

中文词源


puppet 木偶,傀儡

来自古法语popette,玩具,木偶,来自popet小词形式,来自拉丁语pupa,小女孩,词源同pupa,pupil.引申词义傀儡。

英文词源


puppet
puppet: [16] Puppet, like its variant poppet [14], originally meant ‘doll’. It comes from Old French poupette, a diminutive form of *poupe ‘doll’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *puppa, a descendant of Latin pūpa ‘girl, doll’ (source of English pupa and pupil). The application to a ‘moving doll controlled by strings’ developed in the 16th century; in the case of poppet it has since died out, but it has taken over puppet completely.
=> pupil
puppet (n.)
"doll moved by strings or wires" (later applied to puppets in glove form), 1530s, later form of Middle English popet "doll" (c. 1300; see poppet), from Old French popette "little doll, puppet," diminutive of popee "doll, puppet" (13c., Modern French poupée), from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pupa "girl; doll" (see pupil (n.1)).

Metaphoric extension to "one whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1540s (as poppet). Puppet show attested from 1650s, earlier puppet-play (1550s). Puppet government is attested from 1884 (in reference to Egypt).

双语例句


1. When the invasion occurred he ruled as a puppet of the occupiers.
外敌入侵时,他作为占领者的傀儡行使统治。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The occupying forces set up a puppet government .
占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。

来自《权威词典》

3. We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.
我们观看了一场演出,内容有木偶和杂技.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The whole village was burnt down by the puppet troops.
整个村子都被伪军焚毁了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.
他猛一拉绳子,木偶就跳了起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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