play
[NOUN, VERB]
plays
1. [U 不可数名词] 玩
Play is the activity of spending time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
双语例句
例：a few hours of play until the babysitter puts them to bed.
保姆让他们上床睡觉之前的几小时的玩耍。
2. [U 不可数名词] （对运动、游戏或比赛等的）参加
Play is the action of taking part in a sport or game.
双语例句
例：They've got more exciting players and a more exciting style of play.
他们有更令人振奋的选手和更精彩的比赛风格。
3. [U 不可数名词] 比赛
Play is the activity of competing against another person or team in a sport or game.
双语例句
例：Fischer won after 5 hours and 41 minutes of play.
费希尔在经过5小时41分钟的较量后获胜。
4. [C 可数名词] 戏剧
A play is a piece of writing performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television.
近义词
show , drama , performance
双语例句
例：It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
这是我最喜欢的莎士比亚剧。
例：The company put on a play about the homeless.
该公司上演了一场关于无家可归者的戏剧。
NOUN. 名词
play around
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 胡闹
If you play around, you behave in a silly way to amuse yourself or other people.
双语例句
例：Stop playing around and eat!
别胡闹了，吃饭吧！
例：There was no doubt he was serious, it wasn't just playing around.
无疑，他是认真的，而不是在闹着玩。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 对…尝试不同方法以找到最佳方案
If you play around with a problem or an arrangement of objects, you try different ways of organizing it in order to find the best solution or arrangement.
双语例句
例：I can play around with the pictures in all sorts of ways to make them more eye-catching.
我可以试着用各种不同的方式来摆放这些图片，使它们更引人注目。
play at
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 把…当儿戏
If you say that someone is playing at something, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing it casually and not very seriously.
双语例句
例：We were still playing at war – dropping leaflets instead of bombs.
我们仍然在把战争当儿戏–在空投传单而不是炸弹。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 扮…玩
If someone, especially a child, plays at being someone or doing something, they pretend to be that person or do that thing as a game.
双语例句
例：Ed played at being a pirate.
埃德假扮海盗。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 搞（什么）
If you do not know what someone is playing at, you do not understand what they are doing or what they are trying to achieve.
双语例句
例：She began to wonder what he was playing at.
她开始纳闷他在搞什么。
play back
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 回放（磁带、电影）
When you play back a tape or film, you listen to the sounds or watch the pictures after recording them.
双语例句
例：He bought an answering machine that plays back his messages when he calls.
他买了一台可以在他打过去时回放给他的留言的电话答录机。
例：Ted might benefit from hearing his own voice recorded and played back.
特德也许能从听到自己声音的录音回放中受益。
play down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 贬低
If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.
双语例句
例：Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports.
西方的外交官们贬低了这些报告的重要性。
play on
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 有意利用（别人的恐惧、弱点或过错）
If you play on someone's fears, weaknesses, or faults, you deliberately use them in order to persuade that person to do something, or to achieve what you want.
近义词
双语例句
例：a campaign which plays on the population's fear of change.
一场有意利用人们对变化的恐惧的运动。
play up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 强调 , 夸大
If you play up something, you emphasize it and try to make people believe that it is important.
双语例句
例：The media played up the prospects for a settlement.
媒体夸大了和解的可能性。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
play a part , play a role
1. 起作用
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.
双语例句
例：They played a part in the life of their community.
他们在自己的社区生活中发挥了作用。
例：The UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
联合国将在监督停火方面发挥主要作用。
come into play , be brought into play
1. 开始起作用
When something comes into play or is brought into play, it begins to be used or to have an effect.
双语例句
例：The real existence of a military option will come into play.
现有的军事手段将开始起作用。
PHRASE. 习语
plays , playing , played
1. [I 不及物动词] 玩耍
When children, animals, or adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
双语例句
例：invite the children over to play.
邀请孩子们过来玩。
例：They played in the little garden.
他们在小花园里玩耍。
2. [RECIP 相互动词] 参加（体育运动、游戏或比赛等）
When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
双语例句
例：While the twins played cards, Leona sat reading.
那对双胞胎玩牌的时候，利昂娜坐着看书。
例：I used to play basketball.
我过去常打篮球。
3. [I 不及物动词] 与…比赛
When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game.
双语例句
例：Dallas will play Green Bay.
达拉斯队将迎战绿湾队。
4. [T 及物动词] 开（玩笑） , 搞（恶作剧）
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.
双语例句
例：Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.
有人对她搞恶作剧，在那些台阶的顶部拉了一根绳子。
5. [I 不及物动词] 摆弄
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.
双语例句
例：She stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag.
她盯着地板，随手摆弄着手提包的提带。
6. [T 及物动词] （在戏剧或电影中）扮演（角色）
7. [LINK 连系动词] 假装
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.
近义词
双语例句
例：Hill tried to play the peacemaker.
希尔试图假扮成和事佬。
例：She was just playing the devoted mother.
她只是装成一位尽心尽责的母亲。
8. [T 及物动词] 对待
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.
双语例句
例：Investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart.
投资者们在谨慎应对，同时他们也在巧妙应对。
9. [I 不及物动词] 演奏（乐器或乐曲） , 奏响
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.
双语例句
例：Nina had been playing the piano.
尼娜一直在弹钢琴。
例：He played for me.
他为我弹奏。
10. [I 不及物动词] 播放
If you play a record, a CD, or a DVD, you put it into a machine and sound and sometimes pictures are produced. If a record, CD, or DVD is playing, sound and sometimes pictures are being produced from it.
双语例句
例：She played her records too loudly.
她播放唱片的音量太大了。
例：There is classical music playing in the background.
背景音乐播放的是古典音乐。
11. [I 不及物动词] （在音乐会上）演奏
If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to.
双语例句
例：A band was playing.
一支乐队正在演奏。
VERB. 动词
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