A marionette is a puppet whose arms and legs — and often the head — move when someone above pulls strings, or sometimes thin wires. The person working it stands over the little stage, not inside the puppet.

A marionette is a puppet whose arms and legs — and often the head —Marionette是一種木偶，手腳——通常還有頭—— move when someone above pulls strings, or sometimes thin wires會在上面有人拉線（有時候是細鐵絲）的時候動起來。The person working it stands over the little stage操縱它的人站在小舞台的上方，not inside the puppet而不是躲在偶的裡面。

A hand puppet lives on your hand; a marionette dances from above. That is the real split, though people say puppet for all of them in loose talk.

A hand puppet lives on your hand手套偶（hand puppet）住在你的手上；a marionette dances from abovemarionette則是從上面舞動起來的。That is the real split這才是真正的分界，though people say puppet for all of them in loose talk不過大家講話隨性的時候，通通都叫puppet。

You meet the word in theatre, children’s shows, and art more than in everyday chat, but the picture is famous.

You meet the word in theatre, children's shows, and art more than in everyday chat你會在劇場、兒童節目和藝術裡遇到這個字，比在日常聊天裡更常見，but the picture is famous但這個畫面很有名。

People also stretch it: if someone is “a marionette,” other people are pulling the strings and that person has little real choice. That use is more in writing than in the playground.

People also stretch it人們也會把這個字用得更寬鬆：if someone is 'a marionette,'如果一個人是「a marionette」，other people are pulling the strings就表示別人在幕後操控，and that person has little real choice這個人自己沒什麼真正的選擇。That use is more in writing than in the playground這種用法比較常出現在文章裡，而不是在操場上。