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单词 ventriloquist
释义
ventriloquist
noun[C]
uk
/venˈtrɪl.ə.kwɪst/us
/venˈtrɪl.ə.kwɪst/
someone whoentertainspeoplebyspeakingwithoutmovingtheirlips, to make itseemas if thevoiceis coming fromsomewhereelse:
When a ventriloquistchatswith adummy, it reallylookslike twopeoplearetalkingto each other.
Shesmiledand did a goodimpressionof a ventriloquist 'sdummy.
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ventriloquism
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  • She is one of the UK'sleadingcomedyventriloquists.
  • Even with a good ventriloquist, there might be a fewmomentswhen theaudienceseeshislipsmove.
  • Thedifferencebetweenrealityand the brain'sperceptionofrealityis whatkeepsventriloquists inbusiness.
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(Definition ofventriloquistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofventriloquist

ventriloquist
She takes her place invisibly as aventriloquistwhose puppets, the dull, everyday performers, sit immersed in a soundworld to which they obviously cannot relate.
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Aventriloquist, for example, cannot enter into a genuine dialogue with a dummy since the dummy cannot really respond back to theventriloquist.
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The children in the swimming pool had become myventriloquistdummies.
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The notion of illusion is used by him to explain how theventriloquisttreats his own stomach as a foreign voice.
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The subject's persona is rendered, by the act of appropriation, into a ventriloquist's dummy, communicating artists' messages as opposed to the subject's utterance.
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You see the lips of a ventriloquist's dummy moving and hear the voice of theventriloquist.
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He is nothing but the puppet of ventriloquists.
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That was what led me to say that they were puppets—although ventriloquists' dummies might have been a more accurate description.
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There seems to be someventriloquistabout.
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He continued to perform late in life, giving televised music hall performances in 1952, billed as the oldestventriloquistin the world.
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Her final wish was to turn her body into a ventriloquist's puppet and to be buried with her 101 puppets.
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Theventriloquistwould then interpret the sounds, as they were thought to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell the future.
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Theventriloquistfigures usually had a string coming from the back of the neck that would cause their mouths to open and close.
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After being badly burned in a household accident, she was given a ventriloquist's dummy by her artist father as part of her recovery.
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Together they performed a uniqueventriloquistshow on television.
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