sock puppet
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsɒk ˌpʌp.ɪt/ us/ˈsɑːk ˌpʌp.ɪt/
袜子玩偶，袜子手偶（一种用装饰过的袜子或类似的材料做成的玩具人形或动物，可以套在手指上玩）
a toy person or animal made from a decorated sock or similar piece of material that you can put your hand inside and move with your fingers
She made a short animated film acted out with sock puppets. 她制作了一部用袜子手偶表演的动画短片。
disapproving（思想和行为受制于人的）傀儡
someone who is controlled by another person and made to say or do things that person wants said or done
The reader quickly realizes that Mr. Swift is using Paula as a sock puppet for his own purposes. 读者很快就意识到，为了达成自己的目的，斯威夫特先生把宝拉当做了傀儡。
disapproving (also sockpuppet)网络马甲，假的网络身份
on the internet, a false identity (= a name and character) created by someone in order to express views that they want to have expressed, for example praise or support for a particular organization or person
Clearly the poster is a sock puppet. 这个帖子很明显是个网络马甲放上去的。
So you admit setting up sockpuppet accounts on Wikipedia? 所以你承认在维基百科上建立了马甲账号？
- More examples
- It's a very funny sketch about two elderly women who communicate through sock puppets on their hands.
- He gets his message across via his sock puppet, the editor of the local newspaper.
- Some companies create sock puppets to post good product reviews on websites and online message boards.