| 词汇 | play with somebody/something |
| 释义 | play with somebody/somethingplay with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) HOLDto keep touching something or moving it 摆弄，玩弄 Stop playing with the light switch! 别再乱动电灯开关了！ b) to try doing something in different ways to decide what works best 试验〔以找出解决问题的最佳方式〕 Play with the design onscreen, moving text and pictures until you get a pleasing arrangement. 试着在屏幕上进行设计，移动文字和图片，直到排列令人满意为止。 c) THINK ABOUTto consider an idea or possibility, but not always very seriously 〔不大认真地〕考虑〔某事〕 SYN toy with After university, I played with the idea of teaching English in China. 大学毕业以后，我想过去中国教英语。 d) MORE/EXTRA money/time/space etc to play with money, time etc that is available to be used 可用的金钱/时间/空间等 The budget is very tight, so there isn’t much money to play with. 经费很紧，没有很多钱可用。 e) play with yourselfSYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to touch your own sex organs for pleasure 手淫 SYN masturbate f) play with words/languageSAY to use words in a clever or amusing way 玩文字游戏；用字遣词机智[幽默] Examples from the Corpus money/time/space etc to play with• He had time for his garden, time to talk to his Stratford friends, time to play with his granddaughter Elizabeth.• Lennie knows he hasn't any time to play with if Boro are to stay in the big time.• Then it's time to play with the topper dinghies! play with yourself• Play and Friendship Dolphins of all ages are frequently seen playing with each other.• Back with the dancers, Humphreys peeled off all his clothes, started playing with himself and finally urinated on the dance-floor. play with words/language• Children learn vocabulary from talking, reading, writing, and from playing with words.• Rhymesters, poets, writers, and jokers of all kinds - and their audiences - have always loved playing with words.• But why shouldn't feminists play with language for political ends?• She was given to playing with words in that way.• Recognising this, some feminists have used the alternative strategy of deliberately playing with words rather than attempting straightforwardly to redefine them.• Young children play with language, trying out sounds before they start experimenting with words. → play with somebody/something at play1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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