marionettes

"The United States is trying to use the small nations as marionettes, " said Ge Fen, a Hangzhou-based television producer.

美国想把一些小国家变成自己的小木偶。格丰，杭州电视台的制片人说。

no one dared even to breathe. One could almost hear a fly go by. Those poor Marionettes, one and all, trembled like leaves in a storm.

没料到班主突然出现，他们谁也不敢喘气，几乎连一只苍蝇飞过都能听见。那些可怜的木偶一个个像暴风雨中的树叶那样瑟瑟发抖。

Early marionettes were controlled by an iron rod instead of strings, a form that survived in Sicily.

早期的提线木偶由铁棒而非细绳来操纵，这种木偶仍存在于西西里。

And some marionettes can be made to imitate almost every human and animal action.

某些提线木偶几乎能模仿人和动物的所有动作。

In a typical show, marionettes act out stories based on medieval literature, Renaissance poetry, and saints' lives.

在一个典型的表演里，牵线木偶根据中世纪文学，文艺复兴诗句和圣徒生活来演绎故事。

transforming us cruelly into marionettes.

残酷地把我们变为木偶

Paper-cutting, wood prints, marionettes, these are only some of the items on display here.

剪纸，版画，活动木偶，这些只是展出中的几项。