英语词汇“ventriloquus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

ventriloquus

释义

‖ venˈtriloquus Obs.
Usu. in pl. ventriloqui.
[L., f. ventri-, venter belly + loquī to speak, after Gr. ἐγγαστρίµῡθος. Cf. ventriloque.]
A ventriloquist (esp. in the original sense).
The fem. ventriloqua (pl. -loquæ) is employed by R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. (1584) vii. i. 126 and xiii. 150.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxviii. §2. 251 They that are called ventriloqui, do persuade ignorant people that the Diuell speaketh from within them deepe in their belly.1667Phil. Trans. II. 603 How by a peculiar use of the Epiglottis, one may come to speak inwardly, as do the Ventriloqui.1706Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 306 Two or three pretty stories..of Ventriloqui, or those that speak in their bellies.1748Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §5. 228 We may see how Ventriloqui, or Persons that speak in their Throats, without moving their Lips, impose upon the Audience.1762Ann. Reg. i. 143/2 The known faculty many people called Ventriloqui have had of uttering strange noises [etc.].

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