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puppeteer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Theatre
pup·pe·teer /ˌpʌpəˈtɪə $ -ˈtɪr/ noun [countable]  APTsomeone who performs with puppets 木偶戏演员,操偶师
Examples from the Corpus
puppeteerAndy the Mouse is a puppet, and John is a puppeteer.There are folk singers, Morris Dancers, Live Theatre artistes and puppeteers.Stage acts include acrobats, musicians and puppeteers.But there is a third hand on tap helping to protect their dream - that brilliant puppeteer Ray Harford.Like many of the new generation of puppeteers, Tiplady grew interested in his trade through object animation rather than traditional marionettes.That's the type of people puppeteers are.
pup·pe·teer nounChineseSyllable
who Corpus someone with puppets performs


puppeteer
puppeteer /ˌpʌpəˈtɪə, ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə $ -ˈtɪr/ noun [countable]
someone who performs with puppets


pup·pet·eerBrE /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪr/ 🔊 nouna person who performs with puppets 演木偶戏的人;操纵木偶的人