| 单词 | to play about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play about to play about intransitive. To amuse oneself; to mess about; to frolic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle i. sig. B2 May none of your young lambes become a prey To the rude Wolfe, but play about securely. 1796 T. Morton Children in Wood (ed. 3) i. ii. 6 Another Apartment in the Castle, Apathy discovered asleep with Books at his feet, the Children playing about. 1802 J. Baillie Second Marriage i. i, in Plays II. 366 When I look upon her poor children playing about, I feel as tho' they were my own flesh and blood. 1872 S. Coolidge What Katy Did vii. 100 ‘What are you going to do Katy?’ ‘Oh, I don't know; play about and have first rate fun.’ 1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys & Apes xii. 206 I have seen Chacma baboons playing about and foraging in the midst of a flock of Persian sheep. 1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 24/1 As a parent I am very wary of allowing a child not considered competent at fixing an electric plug to be playing about with tin snips. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men v. 42 The hair, well, once I'd played about with it a bit, I managed to persuade her it was the latest fashion. < as lemmas |
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