ventriloquist
ventriloquist — 名詞
- ventriloquistsingular
- ventriloquistsplural
1. a performer who talks while keeping their lips still, making it sound as if the
腹語師
表演腹語術的人，能使聲音聽起來像來自別處
a performer who talks while keeping their lips still, making it sound as if the words are coming from a dummy or a different area of the room
The children watched as the ventriloquist made the dummy argue with him about eating vegetables.
孩子們看得目瞪口呆，因為腹語師讓木頭假人跟他爭論吃蔬菜的事。
ventriloquist + dummy: performer and puppet in dialogue
Apinya practised for three years before her first paid show as a ventriloquist.
Apinya 練習了三年，才第一次以腹語師的身分付費表演。
practised + [duration] + before + [event]
The ventriloquist's voice seemed to come from across the room while her lips stayed still.
那位腹語師的聲音聽起來像是從房間另一頭傳來，而她的嘴唇始終一動也不動。
voice appeared to come from [location]
At the show, Bilal's ventriloquist act made the audience laugh as the dummy told jokes.
在表演中，Bilal 的腹語秀讓觀眾大笑，因為假人說了很多笑話。
possessive: ventriloquist act
The young ventriloquist practised before a mirror each evening to control her lip movements.
那位年輕的腹語師每天晚上對著鏡子練習，以控制嘴唇的動作。
practice routine: in front of a mirror
- ventriloquist + dummy
- ventriloquist + performance
- ventriloquist + act
- ventriloquist + throw (voice)
- puppeteer
controls puppets with hands or strings but does not necessarily throw their voice or keep lips still
- voice artist
provides spoken voices for characters but usually works in recording studios, not in live stage acts with a dummy
用法筆記
A ventriloquist typically works with a dummy (a puppet), making it seem as if the dummy is speaking. The skill itself is called ventriloquism.
常見錯誤
同根字
- ventriloquism名詞B2
- ventriloquize動詞C1
- ventriloquial形容詞C2