puppet
Từ điển Collocation
puppet noun
1 model of a person/animal
ADJ. finger, glove, hand, rod, shadow
VERB + PUPPET manipulate, work How do you work these puppets?
PUPPET + NOUN play, show | theatre | master
2 sb whose actions are controlled by sb else
ADJ. mere The king was a mere puppet of the mayor.
PUPPET + NOUN government, king, regime, state
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer; marionette
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else; creature, tool
- a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
puppets
syn.: creature marionette tool
