puppet

人形、操り人形

糸や棒、中に入れた手を使って動かす、人や動物の形をしたもの。

やさしい英語で： A model of a person or animal that someone moves using strings, sticks, or a hand inside.

• The puppet waved its arms.
• She made a wooden puppet for the show.
• The children watched puppets dance on stage.

よく使う表現： puppet show, string puppet, wooden puppet, hand puppet

傀儡

判断や行動を別の人や集団に支配されている人。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose decisions and actions are controlled by another person or group.

• The leader was a puppet.
• Critics called him a puppet of the army.
• They accused the country of installing a puppet government.

使い方： a puppet of someone/something (The minister was a puppet of powerful business owners.)

類義語： pawn, tool

よく使う表現： puppet government, puppet leader, a puppet of