child's playn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪl(d)z pleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪl(d)z ˌpleɪ/

Forms:

α. early Middle English childrene plæȝe, Middle English children pley, 1500s children playes (plural).

β. Middle English childes playe, Middle English childes pley, Middle English childis play, 1600s–1700s childs play, 1700s– child's play.

γ. Middle English childer pleye.

δ. 1500s childrens play, 1600s– children's play.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., play n.

Etymology: < child n. + play n., reflecting various forms of the genitive plural and genitive singular of the first element (see forms and discussion at child n.). Compare later child's game n. and childer spell n., and parallels cited at that entry.

Chiefly as a mass noun.

1. Play befitting or typical of a child.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > [noun]

child's playc1275

child's gamec1380

childer spell1606

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7766 Heo bigunnen striuinge al-se hit wes auer laȝe imong childrene plæȝe.

1571 Dict. French & Eng. Esbat & recreation d'enfants, childrens play.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 231 The guileful God, about his Father long, With Children's play, and false Embraces hung.

a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1780) VIII. 11 Like children's play, when they build houses of cards.

1828 C. Wordsworth King Charles I 31 All these hide-and-seek devices, all this idle child's play.

1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 42 (heading) Boggle-bush The child's play of finding the hidden person in the company.—Robinson's Whitby Glossary.

1992 World Monitor Jan. 54/1 Top-spinning and kite-flying are child's play in the West, but here they are grown-up sports.

2006 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 19 Sept. The..Laughter Clubs blend silly child's play, laughter bursts and yogic breathing techniques into a therapeutic mix.

2. figurative. As complement: a task which is easily accomplished; a trivial matter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 286 It is no childes pley To taken a wyf withouten auysement.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 107 (MED) Lorde, þis is not o days werke ner children pley, but, þat more is, in this shorte worde is includid all perfeccioun of Religiose folke.

1548 tr. M. Luther Chiefe Articles Christen Faythe Pref. sig. Av Forgette all children playes.

1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xix. 237 Al torment here, is but childs play, in respect of the heauy judgements of God.

1706 A. H. Franke Nicodemus 138 What is all our doing when compared with the Ancients? These were Men indeed, and perform manly Deeds, but with us it is mere Childs-play.

1774 A. Mackrabie Let. 7 Dec. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 219 All the engagements of Business I have had in Europe or in America were Child's Play compared to my Occupations here.

1839 T. Carlyle Chartism vi. 52 The..craftsman finds it no child's play.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 322 Elderly gentlemen who had seen service which was no child's play.

1903 Automobile Topics 23 May 348 Going over Niagara in a barrel would seem like child's play in comparison to taking the road on a bike.

1969 K.-H. Scheer & W. Ernsting Radiant Dome i. iv. 54 It should be child's play for her to help us in this desperate situation.

2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 9/1 Theorists have..spun off calculational techniques that make child's play of the toughest problems in ordinary particle physics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childs play
释义	child's playn. Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪl(d)z pleɪ/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪl(d)z ˌpleɪ/ Forms: α. early Middle English childrene plæȝe, Middle English children pley, 1500s children playes (plural). β. Middle English childes playe, Middle English childes pley, Middle English childis play, 1600s–1700s childs play, 1700s– child's play. γ. Middle English childer pleye. δ. 1500s childrens play, 1600s– children's play. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., play n. Etymology: < child n. + play n., reflecting various forms of the genitive plural and genitive singular of the first element (see forms and discussion at child n.). Compare later child's game n. and childer spell n., and parallels cited at that entry. Chiefly as a mass noun. 1. Play befitting or typical of a child. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > [noun] child's playc1275 child's gamec1380 childer spell1606 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7766 Heo bigunnen striuinge al-se hit wes auer laȝe imong childrene plæȝe. 1571 Dict. French & Eng. Esbat & recreation d'enfants, childrens play. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 231 The guileful God, about his Father long, With Children's play, and false Embraces hung. a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1780) VIII. 11 Like children's play, when they build houses of cards. 1828 C. Wordsworth King Charles I 31 All these hide-and-seek devices, all this idle child's play. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 42 (heading) Boggle-bush The child's play of finding the hidden person in the company.—Robinson's Whitby Glossary. 1992 World Monitor Jan. 54/1 Top-spinning and kite-flying are child's play in the West, but here they are grown-up sports. 2006 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 19 Sept. The..Laughter Clubs blend silly child's play, laughter bursts and yogic breathing techniques into a therapeutic mix. 2. figurative. As complement: a task which is easily accomplished; a trivial matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 286 It is no childes pley To taken a wyf withouten auysement. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 107 (MED) Lorde, þis is not o days werke ner children pley, but, þat more is, in this shorte worde is includid all perfeccioun of Religiose folke. 1548 tr. M. Luther Chiefe Articles Christen Faythe Pref. sig. Av Forgette all children playes. 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xix. 237 Al torment here, is but childs play, in respect of the heauy judgements of God. 1706 A. H. Franke Nicodemus 138 What is all our doing when compared with the Ancients? These were Men indeed, and perform manly Deeds, but with us it is mere Childs-play. 1774 A. Mackrabie Let. 7 Dec. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 219 All the engagements of Business I have had in Europe or in America were Child's Play compared to my Occupations here. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism vi. 52 The..craftsman finds it no child's play. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 322 Elderly gentlemen who had seen service which was no child's play. 1903 Automobile Topics 23 May 348 Going over Niagara in a barrel would seem like child's play in comparison to taking the road on a bike. 1969 K.-H. Scheer & W. Ernsting Radiant Dome i. iv. 54 It should be child's play for her to help us in this desperate situation. 2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 9/1 Theorists have..spun off calculational techniques that make child's play of the toughest problems in ordinary particle physics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1275
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