• n. 木偶；傀儡；受他人操縱的人

來自古法語popette,玩具，木偶，來自popet小詞形式，來自拉丁語pupa,小女孩，詞源同pupa,pupil.引申詞義傀儡。

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.
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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).

1. When the invasion occurred he ruled as a puppet of the occupiers.

外敵入侵時，他作為占領(lǐng)者的傀儡行使統(tǒng)治。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The occupying forces set up a puppet government .

占領(lǐng)軍建立了一個傀儡政府。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.

我們觀看了一場演出,內(nèi)容有木偶和雜技.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The whole village was burnt down by the puppet troops.

整個村子都被偽軍焚毀了.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.

他猛一拉繩子,木偶就跳了起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》