单词 | marionettish |
释义 | marionettish, a.|mærɪəˈnɛtɪʃ| Also marionetish. [f. marionette + -ish1.] Suggestive of a marionette in appearance or movement.
1921E. O'Neill Emperor Jones v. 184 There is something stiff, rigid, unreal, marionettish about their movements. 1930Observer 18 May 26/2 ‘Intimate Snapshots’ was fresher and rounder in conception than in execution... I thought the liftman unclear in his explanation, and the journalists marionetish. 1963A. Ross Australia 63 x. 196 If fast, short-pitched bowling induces an initial, marionettish jerkiness he soon settles down to more convincing methods. 1969E. Wilkins Rose-Garden Game viii. 192 Their marionettish aspect encourages the impression that at any moment the gilded mandorla might begin to turn on its axis and spin. |

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