a movable model of a person or animal that is used in entertainment and is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it 木偶 ■(figurative)a person, party, or state under the control of another person, group, or power (喻)傀儡 the new Shah began his reign as an Anglo-Soviet puppet. 作为英苏傀儡的伊朗新国王开始执政。
派生 puppetry noun 语源
mid 16th cent. (denoting a doll): later form of poppet, generally having a more unfavourable connotation