puppets

They were mere puppets manipulated by other men.

他们只不过是受人操纵的而已。

He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.

他猛一拉绳子, 木就跳了起来。

We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.

我们观看了一场演出, 内容有木和杂技。

The heads of the Awaji puppets move constantly, and not just to signal nameable emotions but to tell us, in a general way, that these creatures are alive.

这是认真的。它在实主义和幻想间游走，使它在脱离最好的操作者后还如此有魅力。

He saw people as puppets, controlled by some pitiless force much as he, in boyhood, had controlled his own marionettes in his toy theatre, making Mr Punch jibber and squawk in nonsense-language.

伯把人看做是木，由一种无情的力量牵引着，就像他小时候排牵线木戏一样。