puppet

🇬🇧 UK/'pʌpit/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

n.

A small figure of a person or animal moved by strings or rods; a person or country controlled by another.

木偶;傀儡,受人操纵者

v.

To control or manipulate like a puppet.

操纵,控制

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
puppetother
=puppet

Common Collocations

  • 1.puppet government傀儡政府
  • 2.puppet state傀儡国家
  • 3.hand puppet手偶
  • 4.puppet master幕后操控者

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The children laughed as the puppet danced across the tiny stage.

  • 2.

    Critics accused the newly installed leader of being a puppet of foreign powers.

  • 3.

    The dictator ruled through a puppet government that had no real authority.

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