| 单词 | to play off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play off to play off ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink up or drain quax1509 toom?a1513 quaff1534 to play off1598 upsy-friese1617 bumbaste1640 dust1673 fuddlec1680 whemmel1721 toota1774 buzz1785 kill1833 floor1837 lower1920 slam1982 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 16 When you breath in your watering they cry hem, and bid you play it off . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie sig. H3v He requested them to play off the sacke and begon. 1645 H. Bold Adventure in Poems (1664) 136 Play off your Canns (you Rogues) your Case I'le warrant, If Fidle's good. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > lose money [verb (transitive)] > in gambling to play away1562 to play off1693 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > lose to play away1562 to play off1693 to race away1741 gamble1764 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 5 The King..at night..plaid off 200 guineas, according to custome. 1721 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 52 Some lords and lairds sell'd riggs and castles, And play'd them aff with tricky rascals. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 497. ⁋3 His whole Delight was in finding out new Fools, and, as our Phrase is, playing them off, and making them shew themselves to advantage. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 2 June 1/2 He would now and then play them off and expose them a little unmercifully. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. ix. 163 She knew that he was playing the widow off, and that, when most smooth and bland in look and tone, he was inwardly chuckling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [verb (intransitive)] > of a firework: go off to play off1721 1721 G. Roussillon tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Rev. Portugal 83 There should be fireworks ready to be play'd off. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 221 Yet it [sc. a farce] played off, and bounced, and cracked, and made more sport than a fire work. 1790 Laws of Harvard Coll. 25 If any Scholar..shall make bonfires..or play off fireworks. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage III. xxvi. 7 She prepared to play off, on this decisive evening, all her artillery to complete her conquest. 1847 J. K. Paulding Bucktails ii. i. 33 The sly boots laughed heartily, and I suspect has some joke to play off on the occasion. 5. transitive. To set, oppose (a person, party, etc.) against another; = sense 20a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > set in opposition > to one's own advantage play1583 to play off1736 1736 Boston Weekly News-let. 14 Oct. 1/2 It [may] become necessary again to play off the Porte against the Emperor, in order to make a Diversion in any future War. 1766 Genuine Mem. Maria Brown I. xxi. 174 She played them off, one against the other. 1807 Ann. Reg. 4/2 He played off France against the world, and the world against France. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Aug. 5/1 The Sultan likes to play off one Power against another. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 211 The President kept his end up pretty well—played one company off against the other for months. 1965 Listener 10 June 852/1 Their deep African fear of a relapse into subordination makes them play off Eastern and Western contributors. 1996 P. Pullman Northern Lights xxi. 373 It suits the Magisterium to allow all kinds of different agencies to flourish. They can play them off against one another. 6. transitive. To pass off as something else. Cf. to pass off 1a at pass v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently put1603 to bob off1605 to put off1612 impose1650 palm1679 sham1681 cog1721 slur1749 pawn1763 to play off1768 to pass off1799 to work off1813 to stall off1819 to fob off1894 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 99 Her preparing the way for her nephew, by first playing off and feeling the ground by a counterfeit. 1867 R. Giffen in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 620 The trick of playing off Jacobite effusions as the national literature of Scotland had already been found out. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp viii. 155 I played you off as my punk nephew from Kansas City. 7. intransitive. U.S. To shirk responsibility, esp. to evade work by feigning illness. Frequently in to play off sick. ΚΠ 1783 in Jrnls. Continental Congr. (Libr. of Congr.) (1922) XXV. 886 She [sc. Virginia]..was notwithstanding endeavouring to play off from further contributions. 1836 H. R. Howard Hist. Virgil A. Stewart 140 I stay mostly in the neighbourhood of commerce at present, and sometimes work, to prevent being suspected. I play off occasionally. 1864 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 9 Jan. 314 Dr. Curran had marked the fellow before, and knew he was ‘playing off’. 1867 S. Lanier Tiger-lilies iii. ii. 244 I did cum it on 'em awhile, tho', a-playing off sick on 'em! 1902 R. H. Barbour Behind Line 180 ‘Yes; that is,’ explained Neil, ‘play off a bit, but not enough for any of the fellows to suspect.’ 1945 in B. A. Botkin Lay my Burden Down 72 She would think you just playing off from work. 1954 Statesville (N. Carolina) Daily Record 3 Feb. 3/2 Buddy Richardson counting graph paper. Betty Church playing off sick. 1970 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 207/2 [Illinois] Playing off sick. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > show off by imitation to play off1789 1789 F. Burney Diary 21 Jan. (1842) IV. 387 He took up a fan..and began playing off various imitative airs with it. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 103 Phenicia..was playing off the amiable and unaffected simpleton. 1821 Ld. Byron Lett. & Jrnls. (1979) IX. 44 There was poor old Vice Leach the lawyer..attempting to play off the fine gentleman. 9. a. transitive. To play (a trick, joke, etc.); to practise (a deceit). Frequently with on. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)] jape1362 bejape1377 play1562 jugglea1592 dally1595 trick1595 bore1602 jadea1616 to fool off1631 top1663 whiska1669 hocus1675 to put a sham upon1677 sham1677 fun?1685 to put upon ——1687 rig1732 humbug1750 hum1751 to run a rig1764 hocus-pocus1774 cram1794 hoax1796 kid1811 string1819 to play off1821 skylark1823 frisk1825 stuff1844 lark1848 kiddy1851 soap1857 to play it (on)1864 spoof1889 to slip (something) over (on)1912 cod1941 to pull a person's chain1975 game1996 1821 W. M. Praed Gog i. 191 You think I'm playing off a sham. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. v. 72 She is now engaged in playing off on him something of the same caprice which she formerly exercised upon me. 1866 W. Collins Armadale I. ii. v. 213 Cleverer tricks than this trick of mine are played off on the public by swindlers, and are recorded in the newspapers every week. 1879 H. J. Byron Old Soldiers ii. 24 As you say, sir, it was a poor sort of joke to play off on an old servant. 1922 C. S. Clancy Headless Horseman (film script) (Electronic text) xli. 63 Could that girl have been playing off any of her co-quettish tricks? 1937 M. Barton & O. Sitwell Brighton xix. 342 What trick can they have imagined was being played off on them? b. intransitive. U.S. to play off on: to deceive, fool, con; spec. to fool by feigning illness. Cf. sense 20b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > make a fool of [verb (intransitive)] playa1382 to play off on1863 shuck1959 1863 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 135 I fancy..I could play off on the doctors and get it [sc. a discharge]. 1865 O. L. Jackson Colonel's Diary (1922) 194 I did not enlighten her that some fellow has played off on them. 1889 E. Custer Tenting on Plains 173 I was playin' off on him, just to get a big drink of whisky. 1925 J. T. Moore Ole Mistis 84 In her old aige ter be played off on by er lot ob counterfeits on humanity an' imported dorgs wuz too much. 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 207/2 [Iowa] Playing off on you. 10. Sport. a. transitive. To decide the result of (a tied match) by further play. ΚΠ 1870 C. MacArthur Golfer's Ann. 1869–70 118 On the tie being played off, Sir Robert and Mr. Anderson again tied. 1880 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 7 June 6/2 The tie game of yesterday was played off to-day. 1937 Lima (Ohio) News 29 Apr. 16/6 The two teams will meet again Thursday..to play off the tie game of three weeks ago. 1997 Roanoke (Va.) Times & World News (Nexis) 8 Mar. b2 Teams who are playing off a tie for the title must play four games in five days. b. intransitive. To play a match or series of matches to resolve a draw or tie, or to decide a championship, etc. Cf. play-off n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > take part in match or competition [verb (intransitive)] > engage in match or competition > types of handicap1839 to run a bye1848 to run off1866 to play off1901 1901 Munsey's Mag. Jan. 570/1 We're going to play off for the Wolcott cup. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 12 He spoke for a while about the traditions of the [Rugby] club and then about the honour of playing off for the championship. 1973 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 1 Mar. 13/2 The six rinks who have qualified for the finals of the 1973 Scottish curling championships will play-off, on a league basis, for the right to represent Scotland at the world championship. 2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 38/5 10 teams are playing home and away, with the top four qualifying directly for the 2002 World Cup finals while the fifth-placed side plays-off against a team from Oceania. < as lemmas |
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