| 单词 | playact |
| 释义 | playact[ pley-akt ] / ˈpleɪˌækt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR playact ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to engage in make-believe. to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family. to perform in a play. verb (used with object)to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar. Origin of playact1895–1900; back formation from playacting;see play, act, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM playactplayacting, nounplayactor, nounWords nearby playactPlautus, play, playa, playability, playable, playact, play-action pass, play agent, play along, play a losing game, play around Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for playact
British Dictionary definitions for playactplay-act verb(intr) to pretend or make believe (intr) to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner to act in or as in (a play) Derived forms of play-actplay-acting, nounplay-actor, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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