| 单词 |
fantoccini |
| 释义 |
‖ fantoccini|fantotˈtʃini|
Also 8 fantocine, 9 vulgar fantosceny.
[It. pl. of fantoccino, dim. of fantoccio puppet, f. fante boy, servant, etc.: see fanterie.]
1. pl. Puppets made to go through certain evolutions by means of concealed strings or wires.
1791Boswell Johnson (1816) I. 396 The exhibition of the Fantoccini in London. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes (1850) 60/1 Are there no Punches, Fantoccini, Dancing dogs..or even Barrel-organs? 1876Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly xxx. (1884) 227 As awkward as a pair of fantoccini.
2. A dramatic representation in which these are the performers; a marionette show.
1771Mrs. J. Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 212, I was much pleased with the ‘Fantocine’ I saw last night. 1817M. Edgeworth Harrington (1832) 132 He had refused to go..to the Fantoccini. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) III. 60 ‘The Fantoccini’, he said, is the proper title of the exhibition of dancing dolls.
attrib.1817Hazlitt Char. Shaks. (1838) 220 The fantoccini exhibition. 1822― Table-t. II. xii. 274 A little fantoccini figure..playing a number of fantastic tricks before the audience. |
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