| 单词 | play |
| 释义 | play (once / 13 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4vn 5vn 6v A play is a dramatic work that's written to be staged in a theater and in front of an audience. Your city might offer a free Shakespeare play in the park every year. If you take part in a game or a sport, you play it. You might love to play charades, but no one is going to want to play with you if you keep forgetting the rules. The verb play also means to make music, like when you play your ukulele. And if you toy with a concept — like forming a ukulele orchestra — you play around with the idea. WORD FAMILYplay: counterplay, foreplay, interplay, misplay, overplay, playable, played, player, playful, playing, playlet, plays, replay, underplay+/interplay: interplays/misplay: misplayed, misplaying, misplays/overplay: overplayed, overplaying, overplays/playable: unplayable/player: players/playful: playfully, playfulness, unplayful/playfulness: playfulnesses/playing: playings/playlet: playlets/replay: replayed, replaying, replays/underplay: underplayed, underplaying, underplays/unplayful: unplayfully USAGE EXAMPLESAuburn’s offense was often run-heavy this season, even when White was playing well. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) OVERREACTION: The Falcons are the team nobody wants to play in the playoffs. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) USC trailed 49-35 with nine minutes to play, but persevered to win one of the greatest Rose Bowls of all time. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion On weekends I play Syn recreate 2v be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children The kids were playing outside all day I used to play with trucks as a little girl Syn|Hypo|Hyper recreate engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion roughhouse engage in rough or disorderly play fool, fool around, horse aroundindulge in horseplay cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sportplay boisterously dabble, paddle, splash aroundplay in or as if in water, as of small children act be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure 3v participate in games or sport We played hockey all afternoon play cards Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches Syn|Hypo|Hyper encounter, meet, take on contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle line up take one's position before a kick-off curlplay the Scottish game of curling snookerleave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot revokefail to follow suit when able and required to do so developmove into a strategically more advantageous position developmove one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions dieto be on base at the end of an inning, of a player misplayplay wrong or in an unskillful manner startplay in the starting lineup fumbledrop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder volleymake a volley unblockplay the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding replayplay again cricketplay cricket backstopact as a backstop fullbackplay the fullback quarterbackplay the quarterback cradlerun with the stick exitlose the lead play outplay to a finish fieldplay as a fielder catchbe the catcher bully off, face offstart a game by a face-off tee offstrike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole aceplay (a hole) in one stroke complete, nailcomplete a pass gambleplay games for money walkgive a base on balls to bowlengage in the sport of bowling golfplay golf bandytoss or strike a ball back and forth foulcommit a foul; break the rules put outretire croquetplay a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops putthit a putt seesaw, teeter-totter, teetertotterride on a plank bid, callmake a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands diceplay dice shoot crapsplay a game of craps skittleplay skittles shuttlecocksend or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock hackkick on the shins hackkick on the arms bet, wagerstake on the outcome of an issue raisebid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level doublebridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) outcallmake a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game underbidbid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants outbidbid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled overbidto bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, preemptmake a preemptive bid in the game of bridge compete, contend, vie compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others 4v engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously They played games on their opponents play the stock market play with her feelings Syn|Hyper toy act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself 5v consider not very seriously She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania Syn|Hyper dally, trifle dally, flirt, toy behave carelessly or indifferently consider, deal, look at, take take into consideration for exemplifying purposes 6v behave carelessly or indifferently Play about with a young girl's affection Syn|Hyper dally, flirt, toy dally, trifle consider not very seriously act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 7v contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle Princeton plays Yale this weekend Charlie likes to play Mary Syn|Hypo encounter, meet, take on confront, face oppose, as in hostility or a competition replayrepeat a game against the same opponent breast, frontconfront bodily take the bull by the hornsface a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it match, oppose, pit, play offset into opposition or rivalry 8v employ in a game or in a specific position They played him on first base Syn|Hyper encounter, meet, take on contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose 9v shoot or hit in a particular manner She played a good backhand last night Syn|Hypo|Hyper encounter, meet, take on contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle hook secure with the foot hit cause to move by striking 10n activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child Syn|Hypo|Hyper child's play house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults doctorchildren take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office firemanplay in which children pretend to put out a fire diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 11n gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement it was all done in play Syn|Hypo|Hyper caper, frolic, gambol, romp coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfooleryfoolish or senseless behavior gamefrivolous or trifling behavior horseplayrowdy or boisterous play teasingplayful vexation word playplaying on words or speech sounds meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss(Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prankacting like a clown or buffoon diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 12n a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill the runner was out on a play by the shortstop Syn|Hypo|Hyper maneuver, manoeuvre takeaway the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) figurea predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating completion, pass completion(American football) a successful forward pass in football ball hawkinga skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team assist(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play icing, icing the puck(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal jugglerythe performance of a juggler obstructiongetting in someone's way baseball play(baseball) a play executed by a baseball team footworkthe manner of using the feet shot, stroke(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand blitz, linebacker blitzing, safety blitz(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line mousetrap, trap play(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated breakthe opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool cannon, caroma shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other masse, masse shota shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball miscuea faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball figure eighta skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice spread eaglea skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line block, blockingthe act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements checkobstructing an opponent in ice hockey double playthe act of getting two players out on one play triple playthe act of getting three players out on one play pick-offa baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out squeeze playa baseball play in which a runner on third base tries to score as the batter bunts the pitch cut, undercut(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball swipea sweeping stroke or blow tennis shot, tennis strokethe act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket baseball swing, cut, swingin baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball golf shot, golf stroke, swingthe act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another 13n a preset plan of action in team sports the coach drew up the plays for her team Hypo|Hyper knock on (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul) power play(ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties football play(American football) a play by the offensive team razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazzany exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent basketball playa play executed by a basketball team audiblea football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage touchback(American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone run, running, running game, running play(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team pass, passing, passing game, passing play(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate power playa play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play handoff(American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate tackle(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground picka basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body switcha basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other give-and-goa basketball maneuver; one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass plan of action a plan for actively doing something 14n (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession it is still my play Syn|Hypo|Hyper turn move (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game start, startinga turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) inningsthe batting turn of a cricket player or team attackan offensive move in a sport or game down(American football) a complete play to advance the football at-bat, bat(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit leadthe playing of a card to start a trick in bridge ruff, trumping(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit trick(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner chess movethe act of moving a chess piece follow-onan immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings counterattack, counterplay(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board activity any specific behavior 15n the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully Syn|Hypo|Hyper swordplay fencing the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) action something done (usually as opposed to something said) 16n verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) Syn|Hypo|Hyper fun, sport jocosity, jocularity fun characterized by humor waggery, waggishnesswaggish behavior clowning, comedy, drollery, funninessa comic incident or series of incidents paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplaya humorous play on words humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter 17n (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds 2rain stopped play in the 4th inning Syn|Hypo|Hyper period of play, playing period golf hole, hole one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course seta unit of play in tennis or squash doglega golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway amount, measure, quantity how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify 1v perform on a stage or theater I played in `A Christmas Carol' Syn|Hypo|Hyper act, playact, roleplay act, represent play a role or part actbe suitable for theatrical performance stooge act as the stooge mime, pantomimeact out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only ham, ham it up, overact, overplayexaggerate one's acting underact, underplayact (a role) with great restraint perform give a performance (of something) 2v play a role or part Gielgud played Hamlet She played the servant to her husband's master Syn|Hypo|Hyper act, represent act, act as pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind act, playact, roleplayperform on a stage or theater make, make believe, pretend represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like supportplay a subordinate role to (another performer) act out, enact, reenactact out; represent or perform as if in a play act outrepresent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage impersonate, portrayassume or act the character of parodymake a spoof of or make fun of emotegive expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role go through the motionspretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it re-create create anew 3v be performed or presented for public viewing What's playing in the local movie theater? `Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years Syn|Hypo act, playact, roleplay perform on a stage or theater debut appear for the first time in public 4v pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity Let's play like I am mommy Play cowboy and Indians Syn|Hyper act, represent play a role or part assume, feign, sham, simulate make a pretence of 5v pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind She plays deaf when the news are bad Syn|Hyper act, act as act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself act, representplay a role or part act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself 6n a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway Syn|Hypo|Hyper drama, dramatic play Grand Guignol a play of a macabre or horrific nature theater of the absurdplays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless playleta short play miracle playa medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr morality playan allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices mystery playa medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ Passion playa play representing the Passion of Christ satyr playan ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs dramatic composition, dramatic work a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. 7n a theatrical performance of a drama 3the play lasted two hours Hypo|Hyper musical, musical comedy, musical theater a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing curtain raisera short play presented before the main play show a social event involving a public performance or entertainment 1v play on an instrument The band played all night long Syn|Hypo|Hyper spiel replay (as a melody) sound off, strike up start playing swingplay with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm symphonise, symphonizeplay or sound together, in harmony accompany, follow, play alongperform an accompaniment to bowplay on a string instrument with a bow buskplay music in a public place and solicit money for it perform give a performance (of something) 2v perform music on (a musical instrument) He plays the flute Can you play on this old recorder? Hypo|Hyper register manipulate the registers of an organ skirlplay the bagpipes beatproduce a rhythm by striking repeatedly tweedleplay negligently on a musical instrument chordplay chords on (a string instrument) pipeplay on a pipe drumplay a percussion instrument harpplay the harp fiddleplay the violin or fiddle trumpetplay or blow on the trumpet clarionblow the clarion sound cause to sound 3v replay (as a melody) Play it again, Sam She played the third movement very beautifully Syn|Hypo|Hyper spiel riff play riffs misplayplay incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note fiddleplay on a violin replayplay (a melody) again preludeplay as a prelude jazzplay something in the style of jazz ragplay in ragtime bugleplay on a bugle recapitulate, repeat, reprise, reprizerepeat an earlier theme of a composition slurplay smoothly or legato bang outplay loudly modulatechange the key of, in music tonguearticulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments double tongue, triple-tongueplay fast notes on a wind instrument re-create create anew 4v perform on a certain location The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16 She has been playing on Broadway for years Syn|Hyper act, playact, roleplay perform on a stage or theater perform give a performance (of something) 5v emit recorded sound The tape was playing for hours the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered Syn|Hyper run cause to emit recorded audio or video sound give off a certain sound or sounds 6v cause to emit recorded audio or video 4I'll play you my favorite record He never tires of playing that video Syn run run cause to perform execute, runcarry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine 1v act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome This factor played only a minor part in his decision This development played into her hands I played no role in your dismissal Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2v behave in a certain way play safe play it safe play fair Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 3v cause to happen or to occur as a consequence play a joke Syn|Hyper bring, make for, work, wreak act, work have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected create, make make or cause to be or to become 4v manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination She played nervously with her wedding ring He played with the idea of running for the Senate Syn|Hypo|Hyper diddle, fiddle, toy put out, retire cause to be out on a fielding play manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it 5v use to one's advantage She plays on her clients' emotions Hyper exploit, work use or manipulate to one's advantage 6v be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way This speech didn't play well with the American public His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee 7v move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly The spotlights played on the politicians Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 8v cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack Hyper displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 9v discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream play water from a hose The fountains played all day Hyper discharge pour forth or release 10n utilization or exercise the play of the imagination Hyper employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization the act of using 11n a state in which action is feasible the ball was still in play insiders said the company's stock was in play Hyper action, activeness, activity the state of being active 12n an attempt to get something they made a futile play for power Syn|Hyper bid attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something 13n the removal of constraints they gave full play to the artist's talent Syn|Hyper free rein freedom the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints 14n movement or space for movement there was too much play in the steering wheel Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper looseness tautness, tightness lack of movement or room for movement wiggliness a jerky back and forth kind of mobility slack, slacknessthe quality of being loose (not taut) movability, movableness the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged 15n a weak and tremulous light 5the play of light on the water Syn|Hyper shimmer alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another 1v bet or wager (money) He played $20 on the new horse She plays the races Hypo|Hyper underplay play a card lower than (a held high card) gamble play games for money 2v make bets Play the races play the casinos in Trouville Syn|Hyper bet, wager stake on the outcome of an issue bet, wager stake on the outcome of an issue 3v stake on the outcome of an issue She played all her money on the dark horse Syn|Hypo|Hyper bet, wager back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake place a bet on raisebet more than the previous player seematch or meet anteplace one's stake double up, parlaystake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager gamble play games for money 4v put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game He is playing his cards close to his chest The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory Hypo|Hyper pitch lead (a card) and establish the trump suit coverplay a higher card than the one previously played declaredesignate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand deploy place troops or weapons in battle formation 5v use or move I had to play my queen Syn|Hypo|Hyper encounter, meet, take on contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle promote change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent queenpromote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose 6n the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) 6there was heavy play at the blackjack table Syn|Hypo|Hyper gambling, gaming sporting life active interest in gambling on sports events bet, wagerthe act of gambling gambling game, game of chancea game that involves gambling throwcasting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly daily doublea single bet on two horse races in the same day exacta, perfectaa bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order parimutuelbetting where winners share the total amount wagered parlaya series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers place beta bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second superfectaa bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order fan tan, fantana Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4) drawing, lotteryplayers buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots crapsa gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice roulettea gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in banking gameany gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer cast, rollthe act of throwing dice flip, tossthe act of flipping a coin diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates vicea specific form of evildoing v exhaust by allowing to pull on the line play a hooked fish Hyper beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up wear out completely |
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