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ventriloquism

/ven-tril-uh-kwiz-uhm/US // vɛnˈtrɪl əˌkwɪz əm //UK // (vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwɪzəm) //

腹语术,腹语,腹语法,腹语症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.

Examples

  • It was like watching an Arab singer perform ventriloquism with the body of a blonde American.

  • And now, a few months later, here I am, attempting the posthumous ventriloquism.

  • And if I'm not actually alive, Kurt could bring my urnful of ashes and do ventriloquism.

  • We now proceed to the consideration of a very remarkable acquirement of man, called Ventriloquism.

  • Very rarely can you find a mocking-bird without intelligence and mischief enough to appreciate his ventriloquism.

  • Although always a delightful form of entertainment, Ventriloquism is to most of us more or less of a mystery.

  • Ventriloquism and Conjuring always go together, and I'll be bound he's underneath the table now!

  • They were, apparently, determined to settle the question of ventriloquism beyond any future doubt.