Definition of marionette in English:
marionette
noun ˌmarɪəˈnɛtˌmɛriəˈnɛt
1A puppet worked by strings.
牵线木偶the bird bobs up and down like a marionette- Rather than cardboard cutouts, like South Park, the movie uses puppets - marionettes, actually.
- Here you get to see real marionettes and puppeteers in action.
- The figure dances, like a marionette whose strings are pulled by popular music; yet the figure is also flexible, suggestive perhaps of the flexibility of style itself.
- I chose to start with the medical exam because I wanted to show the weakness of the human body in a situation in which the body seems to be moved by strings, like a marionette.
- And the motion of these characters is positively stilted and looks like marionettes on strings as they bob and nod about.
- In Movement of Animals Aristotle likened the body's actions to those of a marionette, in that the bones correspond to the pegs and the sinews to the strings which cause movements.
- His words became little white letters on the bottom of the screen for my benefit, his mouth moving soundlessly like a marionette, a puppet with his strings drawn by the public.
- Folklore also surrounds Belgium's traditional puppet theater, whose marionettes are based on characters from the tales of their particular cities.
- For clarification, Teresa was explaining to the class that they were going to be like marionettes hanging by the strings.
- Jim Henson founded his company in 1958, inventing the term ‘muppet’ as a cross between the words marionette and puppet.
- Puppet shows using glove and hand puppets, shadow puppets, and marionettes are performed there, depicting stories from Uzbek history.
- For us, real marionettes, string marionettes, produced those moments of otherness, they created a spell, something very unnerving, disquieting.
- The tale, which is told by two puppeteers, features marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets and mask and stilt characters.
- Later, in the '90s, she visited Prague, where she met and studied with Czech puppeteers and discovered the allure of marionettes and puppet theatre.
- Making the puppets so large, though, undermines the puppet actors' role; why use marionettes if they are as big as people?
- I almost saw Don Giovanni performed by marionettes - the Czech marionette tradition is one of the best in Europe!
- Performed by a series of exquisite marionettes, it is truly magical.
- Reaching out, the fingers started waggling like a marionette having its strings being pulled.
- She suddenly felt as if she were a marionette whose strings were pulled so taut that she was forced onto her toes, her head pulled back.
- A marionette danced on strings, a jester decking in bells and bright red and yellow.
glove puppet, hand puppet, finger puppet, rod puppet, shadow puppet- 1.1 A person who is easily manipulated or controlled.many officers dismissed him as the mayor's marionette
Origin
Early 17th century: from French marionnette, from Marion, diminutive of the given name Marie.
Rhymes
abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
Definition of marionette in US English:
marionette
nounˌmɛriəˈnɛtˌmerēəˈnet
A puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs.
- Here you get to see real marionettes and puppeteers in action.
- For us, real marionettes, string marionettes, produced those moments of otherness, they created a spell, something very unnerving, disquieting.
- The tale, which is told by two puppeteers, features marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets and mask and stilt characters.
- Puppet shows using glove and hand puppets, shadow puppets, and marionettes are performed there, depicting stories from Uzbek history.
- His words became little white letters on the bottom of the screen for my benefit, his mouth moving soundlessly like a marionette, a puppet with his strings drawn by the public.
- In Movement of Animals Aristotle likened the body's actions to those of a marionette, in that the bones correspond to the pegs and the sinews to the strings which cause movements.
- A marionette danced on strings, a jester decking in bells and bright red and yellow.
- Rather than cardboard cutouts, like South Park, the movie uses puppets - marionettes, actually.
- And the motion of these characters is positively stilted and looks like marionettes on strings as they bob and nod about.
- Later, in the '90s, she visited Prague, where she met and studied with Czech puppeteers and discovered the allure of marionettes and puppet theatre.
- Reaching out, the fingers started waggling like a marionette having its strings being pulled.
- She suddenly felt as if she were a marionette whose strings were pulled so taut that she was forced onto her toes, her head pulled back.
- I almost saw Don Giovanni performed by marionettes - the Czech marionette tradition is one of the best in Europe!
- Jim Henson founded his company in 1958, inventing the term ‘muppet’ as a cross between the words marionette and puppet.
- For clarification, Teresa was explaining to the class that they were going to be like marionettes hanging by the strings.
- Folklore also surrounds Belgium's traditional puppet theater, whose marionettes are based on characters from the tales of their particular cities.
- Performed by a series of exquisite marionettes, it is truly magical.
- The figure dances, like a marionette whose strings are pulled by popular music; yet the figure is also flexible, suggestive perhaps of the flexibility of style itself.
- Making the puppets so large, though, undermines the puppet actors' role; why use marionettes if they are as big as people?
- I chose to start with the medical exam because I wanted to show the weakness of the human body in a situation in which the body seems to be moved by strings, like a marionette.
glove puppet, hand puppet, finger puppet, rod puppet, shadow puppet
Origin
Early 17th century: from French marionnette, from Marion, diminutive of the given name Marie.