One picture holds this whole word: a sock pulled over someone's hand. The sock has a face, the fingers open and close like a mouth, and it seems to speak. But nothing about it is its own. The hand chooses the words, the hand chooses the movement, and the hand stays out of sight. Whenever English reaches for sock puppet outside the toy box, it is reaching for that arrangement: something visible in front, someone hidden behind it, and a voice that belongs to the hidden one.
From the word’s history
The word is put together from sock and puppet, so its literal sense is simply a puppet made out of a sock.
來源資料寫著 From sock + puppet，也就是 sock（襪子）加 puppet（手偶）。字面意思就是「襪子做的手偶」，而 puppet 本身在英文裡早就帶有「被人操縱」的意味，這條線索正好接上後面幾個比喻用法。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:860658569:13019), etymology_text: From sock + puppet.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sock puppetnoun/ˈsɒkˌpʌpɪt/
- 1
A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand.
- 2
Synonym of puppet (“a person completely controlled by another”)
- 3
derogatoryAn alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse.
- Trying to prove that a new user is simply a previous user in a new sock puppet is quite hard for the ordinary user and even administrators.
- The Internet has created many opportunities for online voting. Unscrupulous people will create sock puppets in order to stuff online ballot boxes. In other cases, a sock puppeteer may create multiple identities to support arguments, voice opinions, or otherwise create the online illusion that may people support the sock puppeteer. This practice is called a "Sybil attack" […]
sock puppetverb/ˈsɒkˌpʌpɪt/
- 1
To create or use a sock puppet (alternative user account).
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。