play
n. 比賽; 遊戲; 戲劇
v. 玩; 演奏,播放; 扮演,裝扮; 參加比賽
When children, animals, or perhaps adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
...invite the children round to play...
邀請孩子們來玩
They played in the little garden...
他們在小花園裡玩耍。
When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading...
那對雙胞胎玩撲克牌的時候,弗朗西斯坐著看書。
Alain was playing cards with his friends...
阿蘭正和朋友打撲克牌。
When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game.
Northern Ireland will play Latvia...
北愛爾蘭隊將對陣拉脫維亞隊。
I've played against him a few times.
我已多次和他交手。
When you play the ball or play a shot in a game or sport, you kick or hit the ball.
Think first before playing the ball...
踢出球前先想一想。
Sikander Bakht played a bad shot...
西坎德爾·巴克特擊出一記壞球。
If you play a joke or a trick on someone, you deceive them or give them a surprise in a way that you think is funny, but that often causes problems for them or annoys them.
Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps...
有人搞惡作劇整她,在最高的臺階上拉了一根繩子。
I thought: 'This cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke'.
我想:“這不可能發生,肯定是誰在開玩笑。”
If you play with an object or with your hair, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers, perhaps because you are bored or nervous.
She stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag.
她眼睛盯著地板,漫不經心地擺弄著手提包的帶子。
A play is a piece of writing which is performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television.
The company put on a play about the homeless...
這家劇團上演了一出講述無家可歸者的戲。
It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
它是我最喜歡的一部莎士比亞戲劇。
If an actor plays a role or character in a play or film, he or she performs the part of that character.
...Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in which he played Hyde...
他在其中飾演海德一角的《化身博士》
His ambition is to play the part of Dracula.
他渴望扮演德拉庫拉。
You can use play to describe how someone behaves, when they are deliberately behaving in a certain way or like a certain type of person. For example, to play the innocent, means to pretend to be innocent, and to play deaf means to pretend not to hear something.
Hill tried to play the peacemaker...
希爾想要充當和事佬。
She was just playing the devoted mother...
她只是裝得像個盡心盡責的母親似的。
You can describe how someone deals with a situation by saying that they play it in a certain way. For example, if someone plays it cool, they keep calm and do not show much emotion, and if someone plays it straight, they behave in an honest and direct way.
Investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart.
投資者審慎精明地行事。
If you play a musical instrument or play a tune on a musical instrument, or if a musical instrument plays, music is produced from it.
Nina had been playing the piano...
尼娜一直都在彈鋼琴。
Two people played jazz on a piano...
兩人聯手在一架鋼琴上演奏爵士樂。
If you play a record, a CD, or a tape, you put it into a machine and sound is produced. If a record, CD, or tape is playing, sound is being produced from it.
She played her records too loudly...
她播放唱片時音量太大了。
Every evening in those days the BBC played 'God Save The King'...
那些日子裡,英國廣播公司每天晚上都會播放《天佑吾王》。
If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to.
A band was playing...
樂隊在表演。
He will play concerts in Amsterdam and Paris.
他將在阿姆斯特丹和巴黎舉辦音樂會。
When light plays somewhere, it moves about on a surface in an unsteady way.
The sun played on the frosty roofs.
陽光在結霜的屋頂上閃爍變幻。
If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
What the hell are you playing at?
你究竟在搞什麼名堂?
When something comes into play or is brought into play, it begins to be used or to have an effect.
The real existence of a military option will come into play...
存在選擇軍事手段的切實可能這一點將會起到作用。
Breathing brings many muscles into play.
呼吸使很多肌肉活動起來。
If something or someone plays a part or plays a role in a situation, they are involved in it and have an effect on it.
They played a part in the life of their community...
他們參與到了自己社羣的生活中。
The UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
聯合國在監督停火方面會發揮重要作用。
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;
2. a theatrical performance of a drama;
3. a preset plan of action in team sports;
4. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill;
5. a state in which action is feasible;
6. utilization or exercise;
7. an attempt to get something;
8. play by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules;
9. (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds;
10. the removal of constraints;
11. a weak and tremulous light;
12. verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously);
13. movement or space for movement;
14. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement;
15. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize);
16. the activity of doing something in an agreed succession;
17. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
1. participate in games or sport;
2. act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome;
3. play on an instrument;
4. play a role or part;
5. be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children;
6. replay (as a melody);
7. perform music on (a musical instrument);
8. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;
9. move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly;
10. bet or wager (money);
11. engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion;
12. pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity;
13. emit recorded sound;
14. perform on a certain location;
15. put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game;
16. engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously;
17. behave in a certain way;
18. cause to emit recorded sounds;
19. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;
20. use to one's advantage;
21. consider not very seriously;
22. be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way;
23. behave carelessly or indifferently;
24. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space;
25. perform on a stage or theater;
26. be performed;
27. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence;
28. discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream;
29. make bets;
30. stake on the outcome of an issue;
31. shoot or hit in a particular manner;
32. use or move;
33. employ in a game or in a specific position;
34. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
35. exhaust by allowing to pull on the line;
play along 【非正式用語】
與…合作:與…合作或假裝與…合作
play at
參加:參加…;從事於…
玩:不認真地做或參加
play back
重放:重播放(例如剛錄下的磁帶)
play down
貶低:降低…的重要性;貶低
play off
參加加賽
使相鬥(以坐收漁利):將(一個人或一個隊)置於與另一個(人或隊)相對的位置從而加強自己的利益
play on 或 play upon
利用:為自己的利益利用(別人的態度或感情)
play out
耗盡:用完;耗盡
play up
強調:強調或宣傳
make a play for
(非正式)(試圖)吸引,勾引;(試圖)達到,得到
make (great) play of (或 with)
(尤指為取得聲望或優勢)故意賣弄,大肆炒作
make play with
輕浮對待,戲弄
not playing with a full deck
play ball
play something by ear
不看樂譜彈奏
He disillusioned his fans by his sloppy play.
他草率的表演使他的崇拜者大失所望.
She seems to have camped up at the third act of the play.
她在第三幕中表演得似乎過火了.
The play is in rehearsal now.
這齣戲正在排演中.
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.
年輕的男演員在這出新戲裡被分派擔任一個小角色.
He has written a fine preface to the play.
他為這個劇本寫了一篇精彩的序言.
v. 嬉戲,閒蕩
tinkertrifledallytoyputterfiddle
v. 履行,完成,影響
performconsummateeffectfulfileffectuateaccomplishexecutedo
v. 執行
performportraytakeofthepartimpersonateactpersonaterepresent
v. 扮小丑,開玩笑,逗樂
v. 比賽,戰鬥,鬥爭
oneselfchallengeagainstgocompetescufflevierivalcontenduppittussleconteststruggleencounterengage
v. 賭博,冒險
v. 蹦來跳去,蹦蹦跳跳
rollickoneselfone'samusecutfundowncurvetletcavortengageinrecreatefrolicdisporthaircaperhaveromploosearoundsportfriskgambolkid
v. 運轉;操作;利用
handleemploywieldutilizemanipulateuseworkoperateapply
v. 進行...,專心於,沉溺於,努力
embarkintoengageonbecometrylaunchoccupyoccupiedmakeinvolvedundertakeeffortbeoneselfanin
n. 劇本,戲劇,表演
teleplayphotoplaymusicalspectaclecomedyshowmelodramastagescreenplayburlesquefarceplayextravaganzatheatricalsphotodramaentertainmentproductionperformancetragedydramapageant
n. 跳動,閃動,步態,姿勢,生活作風
comportmentairwaysdeportmentgaitaddressmannersbearingpostureactionsport
n. 雙關語
n. 娛樂
funmerrimentdistractionpastimeenjoymentrelaxationjovialitygaietysportentertainmentfaolicrevelryamusementrecreationmerrymakingdiversionpleasurejollificationgame-playingdelightromping
n. 新聞報導,評論
n. 方式,習慣
patternstylewisewontwayfashionsystemmethodpracticetechniquecustomhabitmanner
n. 玩笑,玩弄,花樣
n. 自由,活動範圍
latitudelibertyroomswingfieldfreedom
n. 行動,實施,作用
activityexercisefunctiondischargeoperationexecutionpracticeaction
n. 賭博
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