名词
1. 有名无实的首脑;傀儡
If someone is the figurehead of an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power.
2. (旧时的)艏饰像
A figurehead is a large wooden model of a person that was put just under the pointed front of a sailing ship in former times.
1. figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
2. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity