| 单词 | to play games |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play games (also a game) g. transitive. to play games (also a game): to act manipulatively, deceitfully, or frivolously. Usually with with. ΚΠ 1862 H. E. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island ii. xi. 253 Oh, pshaw, Mara, you don't know these fellows; they are only playing games with us. 1900 E. S. Brooks With Lawton & Roberts x. 137 I've never deserted my colors,..nor played games with my nationality. 1935 E. S. Payne Shadow on Brook xi. 147 ‘Flirting is play, my dear girl. Sort of a game—' 'Not my kind of play', she said... ‘I'm afraid I haven't much time to—play games with you.’ 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 45/1 And you, too, you damned old battle-ax... I'm tired of playing games with you. 1961 R. Magidoff tr. A. Sukhovo-Kobylin Krechinsky's Wedding i. xiii. 31 Now you say stay! Are you playing games with me? First, you say go; now—don't go. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell iii. 37 The police were playing a game with him..some obscene policeman's pantomime. 1984 D. Koontz Darkfall i. i. 57 She had the unsettling feeling that the critter..was just toying with her, playing games, teasing. 2003 Independent 25 Jan. (Mag.) 11/2 I don't think she's playing games with him and trying to mess with his mind. She genuinely loves him. < as lemmas |
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