A performer who entertains people by speaking without moving their lips, making it seem that the words come from a puppet — a doll, usually shaped like a person, that sits on their knee. That puppet is called a dummy.

A performer一種表演者who entertains people by speaking without moving their lips靠著講話不動嘴唇來娛樂大家，making it seem that the words come from a puppet讓人覺得話是從一個玩偶嘴裡說出來的——a doll, usually shaped like a person通常做成人形的娃娃，that sits on their knee坐在他們的膝蓋上。That puppet那個玩偶is called a dummy叫做dummy。

The classic act is a conversation between the two: the dummy is rude or silly, the ventriloquist plays the calm one, and the joke is that the performer is really saying both sides.

The classic act is a conversation between the two經典的表演形式是兩個角色之間的對話：the dummy is rude or silly玩偶負責無禮或耍笨，the ventriloquist plays the calm one腹語師扮演冷靜的那一個，and the joke is而笑點在於，that the performer is really saying both sides其實兩邊的話都是表演者一個人說的。

You see ventriloquists on television talent shows, at children's parties, and in old variety theatre; it is a slightly old-fashioned kind of act that keeps coming back.

on television talent shows, at children's parties, and in old variety theatre在電視選秀節目、兒童生日派對，還有老式的綜藝劇場裡，you see ventriloquists你會看到腹語表演者；it is a slightly old-fashioned kind of act這是一種有點過時的表演that keeps coming back但一直不斷回潮。

The word is also used loosely: if one person is really controlling what another person says in public, someone might call the speaker a puppet and the one behind them a ventriloquist. Note the adjective ventriloquial exists but is rare — people just say 'a ventriloquist act' or 'a ventriloquist's dummy'.

The word is also used loosely這個字也可以用得比較鬆散：if one person is really controlling what another person says in public如果有人在公開場合實際上操控著另一個人講的話，someone might call the speaker a puppet有人可能會把那個講話的人叫做puppet魁儡，and the one behind them a ventriloquist把在背後操控的人叫做ventriloquist。Note the adjective ventriloquial exists but is rare要注意形容詞ventriloquial是有這個字，但很少用——people just say 'a ventriloquist act' or 'a ventriloquist's dummy'大家通常直接說「a ventriloquist act腹語表演」或「a ventriloquist's dummy腹語師的玩偶」。