| 单词 | play |
| 释义 | play I. 1. a. < a duelist famous for his brilliant play > < indiscriminate gun play in the streets — Green Peyton > b. (1) archaic (2) < rain interfered with play > < talking during play may be distracting > (3) < relied mostly on running plays — G.S.Halas > : manner or trick of playing < his play is excellent > : turn to play < it's your play > (4) (5) c. (1) obsolete (2) < sexual play > d. (1) < in cooperative play children learn adjustments in a social group — Gertrude H. Hildreth > (2) < said it in play, not in earnest > (3) < the title of this address is an obvious play upon the original meaning … of the term philosophy — C.W.Berenda > < take a familiar line of verse and turn it into a poem with an ironic play upon the original — Oscar Cargill > — usually used in the phrases play of words or play on words e. < lose a fortune in play > f. chiefly dialect (1) (2) 2. a. (1) < the play was … to maintain the balance — S.H.Adams > < that was a play to get your fingerprints — Erle Stanley Gardner > < the play fell flat — Atlantic > < a very bad place for that kind of play — Raymond Chandler > (2) < land available for any company … looking for a land play — Edmonton (Alberta) Journal > < in this big oil play, there are more than eighty drilling rigs — Time > b. (1) < discouraged from the normal play of their talents — Gilbert Seldes > < his sense of humor was in play — R.M.Lovett > < other motives surely come into play — M.R.Cohen > < a program of reaction was put into full play — C.L.Jones > < he is above the play of party — Ernest Barker > (2) < the play of a supremely fine and penetrating intelligence — F.R.Leavis > < accustomed to make their phrases a play of wit — George Meredith > (3) < the play of light and shadow on the dancing waves > < the gem presented a dazzling play of colors > < the play of a gusty wind — Amy Lowell > < play of surf is most spectacular on stormy days — American Guide Series: Maine > (4) < this type of universal joint permits shaft end play — Joseph Heitner > also < the cylinder has about an inch of play > (5) < found ample play for this avocation in surrounding marshes — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < the position gave much play to his notable talents > c. (1) < took the play away from puppets on television — Thomas Whiteside > < time was heavy on their hands and they were giving the … casino a great play — C.B.Davis > (2) < got very little play here the next day — E.J.Kahn > < official propaganda gives a heavy play to impressive statistics — New Republic > < wish the country received a better play in the American press — Hugh MacLennan > (3) < quit making a play for him — James Jones > < made a big play for the girl — Will Herman > < since the … audience has the votes, it is best to make your play for them — B.N.Cardozo > 3. a. < going to the play > b. c. 4. < this needle should be good for hundreds of plays > Synonyms: see fun, play II, room • - in play - out of play II. intransitive verb 1. a. < children playing in the park > b. < if he plays with his wife in the evening there's another baby — Pramoedya Toer > especially < you've got the wrong impression … she doesn't play around — Calder Willingham > < girls who play around with men in uniform — Frederic Wakeman > c. (1) < hand was playing on the edge of the bed — Arnold Bennett > — usually used with with < played disconsolately with her food — Louis Auchincloss > < played with his walking stick > (2) < the sallies of those who played at him in print — Times Literary Supplement > — usually used with with < don't play with me — Hartley Howard > (3) < they did not believe in ghosts, but … they let their fancies play on the border line — Van Wyck Brooks > — usually used with with < her mind played with absurd fancies — Ellen Glasgow > < liked to play with ideas — Peggy Durdin > < rather plays with the allegorical form — H.O.Taylor > (4) < sometimes poets play on words in this fashion — E.S.McCartney > d. Britain 2. a. (1) < the jungle scents played upon my emotions — William Beebe > < see that direct heat does not play on dry enamel — Gadgets Annual > (2) < playing ignobly upon selfish fears — V.L.Parrington > < playing upon the divisive forces in the Western world — New York Times > (3) < the enchantress playing upon him — George Meredith > b. (1) < watched the birds playing overhead > < dolphins playing about the ship > (2) < had seen northern lights play across the autumnal skies — B.A.Williams > < a faint smile played about her lips — Victoria Sackville-West > < muscles could be seen playing beneath his thin cotton shirt — Sherwood Anderson > (3) of a cockbird c. (1) < a piston rod plays within a cylinder > (2) < a stream of water plays to keep the molten mass from congealing — Monsanto Magazine > < his cannon played upon the besiegers from two sides > 3. a. (1) < play on a violin > (2) < the organ is playing > < a chorale was playing on the phonograph — Glenn Scott > (3) < records playing at rotational speeds of 33 1/3 revolutions per minute > b. (1) (2) < what's playing at the picture shows — Shelby Foote > (3) < amusing to find how well they played up to the theory of what an Oxford man ought to be — H.J.Laski > < amused him to play up to the popular idea of him — Gerald Bullett > (4) < might play to popular prejudices to serve his political ends — V.L.Parrington > < sometimes inclined to play to their roadside audience — Norma Spring > < whenever he had an audience, he whined and played for sympathy — D.H.Lawrence > — often used in the phrase play up to < when … they weren't playing up to their public — Bennett Cerf > < now they would have to play up to this odd-looking, homely woman — Ida A. R. Wylie > (5) < the script reads well but plays badly > 4. a. < play at chess > < played in every major game this year > b. archaic c. < played for heavy stakes > d. (1) < don't think I've played quite fair — E.A.McCourt > < some cars play dirty — H.W.Young > < best to play safe > (2) < the commuter playing at country squire — Bergen Evans > < would play at being well-to-do local housewives — Grace Metalious > (3) < the … fawn that she found in the woods, which played dead — Atlantic > < don't play innocent > (4) < took it for granted that he would play with the big industrialists — Alvin Johnson > : cooperate < no other nation can be sure … whether we will simply refuse to play — Robert Lekachman > — often used with along < played along until he had enough evidence to hold all three — Morris Ploscowe > < willing to play along with him — Harvey Breit > (5) < the horizontal lines of the … figure play into the central idea with splendid effect — Roger Fry > < easy thus to make one subject play into another — A.C.Benson > especially in the phrase play into the hands of < decided on an unfortunate procedure that played directly into the hands of the opposing party > transitive verb 1. a. (1) < play baseball > (2) < play secret diplomacy and power politics — A.L.Guérard > < play hooky > (3) < deliberately playing the conversation as though this meal were like any other — Wirt Williams > < played him exactly the way I figured — J.M.Cain > < the law plays the privilege differently — B.N.Meltzer > — often used with impersonal it as object < symptomatic … of the desire to play it safe — Norman Cousins > < willing to play it on the level — Bill Hatch > (4) < became adept at playing Japanese civilians against the military — E.T.Hall > — usually used with off < able to play off one tribe against another — C.L.Jones > (5) < think you are only playing me for what you can get out of me — James Jones > < the king … played him for a sucker — DeLancey Ferguson > b. < children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men — H.D.Thoreau > < the children were playing house > < playing that they were cowboys and Indians > < let's play soldiers > c. (1) < played an important part in the affair > < played a strange and turbulent role — Carol L. Thompson > (2) < playing their mischievous pranks at the maddest — J.G.Frazer > < played a trick on me > (3) < play havoc > d. (1) < playing down academic scholarship — H.W.Dodds > < the store also plays up … other makes — Retailing Daily > < trying to play herself down to me — Williams Forrest > (2) < the popular press … played this for all it was worth — C.H.Driver > — usually used with up or down < interesting to see what items were played up — Jacques Kayser > < urged to play down stories of crimes > 2. a. (1) < play an Elizabethan comedy > (2) < a war story in which she played a beautiful spy — Current Biography > (3) < has played more than forty communities — R.W.Sarnoff > : perform or be shown during or for the duration of < played a tour in New England > < played a week in Boston > b. (1) < play the fool > < play truant > < do not expect boys of 15 to be playing the lover — H.E.Scudder > (2) < this … routine of yours plays hell with manifests and accounting — LaSelle Gilman > < brawled and generally played the devil — Kenneth Roberts > 3. a. (1) < refused to play the challenger > (2) < played his second team in the last quarter > (3) < regularly plays third base > < played quarterback > b. (1) < played his last few dollars > (2) < played away his inheritance > (3) < play the races > < play the ponies > (4) < play a hunch > < playing their luck instead of their skill — Nicholas Monsarrat > c. (1) (2) (3) (4) 4. a. < play a waltz > b. < play the violin > c. < would play them down the mountain, play them home — Stuart Cloete > d. (1) (2) 5. a. < playing knife and fork with gusto > b. < play a rifle upon a fort > < play a hose > or to eject, throw, or force out in such a way < play a stream of water > c. < played his flashlight along the line of feet — Frank Cameron > d. (1) < played the poor fish until it rolled, belly up, from exhaustion — Jim Rearden > (2) < she played him — sometimes delicately, sometimes with a less felicitous touch — Philip Guedalla > Synonyms: < children playing in the yard > < the hard-working business man often plays as hard as he works > sport and disport both imply a complete release from all seriousness, suggesting engagement in a pastime < shall not sport with your impatience by reading what he says on that point — Jane Austen > < porters, messengers, and elevator boys, sporting wherever they are, with their sharp winks and sly smiles — Lin Yutang > < children sporting on the lawn > < good housewives disporting at a church picnic > < the sight of a tiny fish disporting himself with me in the tub — William Beebe > frolic suggests generally more gaiety, levity, and spontaneousness than play, applying often to the lighthearted activity of children at active play < porpoises frolicking in the sea > < frolicking students > rollick adds the idea of exuberance or reveling, applying chiefly to youths or young adults < a rollicking ship's crew > < a tavern full of rollicking revelers > romp suggests a carefree boisterousness as of rough but happy children, usually connoting running or racing in play < a father romping in the living room with his small children > < young lions romping in the spring sunshine in their cages > < a buxom, attractive comedienne — romps rowdily through the sketches — Newsweek > gambol suggests the leaping and skipping of young lambs, connoting possibly more joy than frolic < when whales gambolled in the bays — W.J.Dakin > < in the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement — George Orwell > The nouns play, sport, disport, frolic, romp and gambol each signify the activity generally, or an instance of it, implicitly distinguished in the corresponding verb forms above • - play ball - play both ends against the middle - play horse - play old gooseberry - play politics - play possum - play the field - play the game - play the market - play to the score - play with oneself III. intransitive verb < those issues play well in Western Europe — Russell Watson et al > transitive verb 1. < played the ball bare-handed > 2. < played a wedge shot to the green > also < played the ball off the backboard > • - play by ear - play games - play one's cards |
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