muppets, puppets, marionette, puppeteer, string (CORD)

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"沒有木偶. 沒有木偶. 你就是那個木偶!"

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原聲視頻：木偶革命
吉姆﹒漢森公司曾經創造了許多經久不衰的木偶形象，

包括木偶劇迷們熟知的柯密特青蛙。現在，該公司正在嘗試展開一場木偶革命──其最新打造的木偶科學小子瑟德是全數字化的。

Wikipedia article "Muppet (slang)".







IN BRIEF: n. - Tightly stretched cords of musical instruments.

 The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. — Henry David Thoreau




Many details were drawn from the lives of the film’s participants. Suzanne’s apartment is the home of one of Mr. Hou’s producers (whose actual experience with a problem tenant is replicated in one of the fleeting subplots). Ms. Binoche’s father once worked as a puppeteer (and Mr. Hou himself explored the subject in 1993’s majestic “Puppetmaster”). Ms. Song was studying at the Beijing Film Academy when Mr. Hou met her a few years ago. Simon is the son of Mr. Hou’s French publicist and attends the school that is seen in the film.

1993年 《戲夢人生》 The Puppetmaster

《戲夢人生》是台灣導演侯孝賢所執導的電影，與《悲情城市》、《好男好女》合稱為台灣三部曲。電影時代背景座落在日本統治的那五十年，宛如紀錄片般，拍攝國寶級布袋戲大師李天祿的早年生涯。

Marionette Theatre in Quanzhou



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A Puppet Show That Needs a Bailout
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

California’s economy has taken a toll on a marionette show that is a staple of a Los Angeleno childhood. Above, Bob Baker shows some of his marionettes.
marionette

(măr'ē-ə-nĕt') n.

A jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs.

[French marionnette, from Old French, musical instrument, diminutive of mariole, the Virgin Mary (influenced by the name Marion), from diminutive of Marie, Mary, from Late Latin Maria. See Mary1.]

n. - 牽線木偶

日本語 (Japanese)

n. - 操り人形, マリオネット

Wikipedia article "Marionette".


例句


 Our daughters and sons have burst from the marionette show leaving a tangle of strings and gone into the unlit audience. — Maxine Kumin

win-win

Infrastructure
It's a barter deal - what the Chinese side loves to call "win-win". Not aid with strings attached, like Western powers have given DR Congo over the years, but pure business.
W. Edwards Deming建議
這win-win用法 應改為"win,win".

string (CORD)
noun [C or U]
(a piece of) strong thin cord which is made by twisting very thin fibres together and which is used for fastening and tying things:
a parcel tied with string
a ball/piece of string
When you pull the strings, the puppet's arms and legs move.

stringy
adjective
similar to string:
These beans are rather stringy (= hard and difficult to chew).

puppet
noun [C]
1 a toy in the shape of a person or animal that you can move with strings or by putting your hand inside:
We took the children to a puppet show/theatre.

2 DISAPPROVING a person or group whose actions are controlled by someone else:
Western powers have been accused of trying to establish a puppet government/regime in the divided country.

puppeteer 
noun [C]
a person who entertains with puppets

 pup・pet

 

  ━━ n. 人形; あやつり人形, 指人形; （人の）手先, 傀儡(かいらい); ((形容詞的)) 傀儡の.
 pup・pe・teer
　━━ n. （あやつり）人形師.
 puppet government　傀儡政権.
 pup・pet・ry　━━ n. あやつり人形（の製作）; 人形劇（の演出）; みえ, みせかけ.
 puppet show [play]　人形劇.

glove puppet UK noun [C] (US hand puppet)

a toy person or animal which has a soft hollow body so that you can put your hand inside and move its head and arms with your fingers