| 词汇 | puppeteer |
| 释义 | puppeteer noun[ C ] uk /ˌpʌp.ɪˈtɪər/ us /ˌpʌp.əˈtɪr/ a person who entertains with puppets演木偶戏的人，操纵木偶的人 syolacan/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Entertainers in general aerialist artiste balancing act bullfighter clown comedian contortionist double threat emcee juggler majorette performer showman stripper tightrope walker torero triple threat troubadour ventriloquist warm (someone/something) up puppeteer | American Dictionarypuppeteer noun[ C ] us/ˌpʌp·ɪˈtɪər/ a person who makes or uses puppets Examples of puppeteerpuppeteer And not only must the puppeteer 'dance' with his marionette, but he must transpose himself into its centre of gravity. It seems that any artificial intervention has been regarded as compromising the ultra-sensitive control of the puppet by the puppeteer. Nowadays, puppeteers are in the habit of constructing their own puppets and ritual ceremonies preceding such construction are no longer observed. In the past it was not the tradition for puppeteers to construct the puppets they would be animating. The puppeteers kept their faces bowed and thus their own presence was de-animated, allowing the puppet to command one's focus. All this has led to a severe spiritual and material displacement of puppeteers, who no longer seem to be integral to society. The puppets seldom came alive in the hands of the puppeteer. Economic changes have now made it expedient for puppeteers to construct their own puppets, which are mainly used for the entertainment of tourists. As they ran around, these large mobile puppets, worn by one or two puppeteer operators, parted the crowds of delighted, screaming, scrambling children and accompanying adults. Secular entertainment for lucrative returns seems now to be the main objective of puppeteers forced by circumstances to eke out a meagre living from their art. Ranuji had trained as a puppeteer from the age of eleven and learned his craft from his father. It is this ambiguous change of roles which also characterizes not only the identity of puppeteers but the way the narration of a play takes place. Kleist also maintains that it is not necessary for the puppeteer to control the separate limbs of a puppet, but to get hold of its centre of gravity. Less traditional puppeteers view things differently. I got lost in his metaphors involving puppeteers circling around lamp posts—or was it drunks circling around lamp posts and puppeteers getting their strings tangled? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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