plays

英 [pleɪz] 美 [pleɪz]

v.  玩耍; 游戏; 玩乐; (为玩耍)假装，假扮; 捉弄; 戏弄
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柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 玩；玩耍
    When children, animals, or perhaps adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
    1. ...invite the children round to play...
      邀请孩子们来玩
    2. They played in the little garden...
      他们在小花园里玩耍。
    3. Polly was playing with her teddy bear.
      波莉正在玩她的泰迪熊。
    4. Play is also a noun.
    5. ...a few hours of play until the babysitter takes them off to bed.
      几个小时的玩耍，直到保姆带他们去睡觉
  2. V-RECIP 参加（体育活动、比赛等）
    When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
    1. While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading...
      那对双胞胎玩扑克牌的时候，弗朗西斯坐着看书。
    2. Alain was playing cards with his friends...
      阿兰正和朋友打扑克牌。
    3. I used to play basketball...
      我过去常打篮球。
    4. I want to play for my country...
      我想代表自己的国家参加比赛。
    5. He captained the team but he didn't actually play.
      他是球队的队长，但实际上却并未上场。
    6. Play is also a noun.
    7. Both sides adopted the Continental style of play.
      双方都采用了欧陆式打法。
  3. VERB （和…）比赛
    When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game.
    1. Northern Ireland will play Latvia...
      北爱尔兰队将对阵拉脱维亚队。
    2. I've played against him a few times.
      我已多次和他交手。
    3. Play is also a noun.
    4. Fischer won after 5 hours and 41 minutes of play.
      经过5小时41分钟的较量，菲舍尔获得了胜利。
  4. VERB （比赛等中）打出，踢出，击出（球）
    When you play the ball or play a shot in a game or sport, you kick or hit the ball.
    1. Think first before playing the ball...
      踢出球前先想一想。
    2. Sikander Bakht played a bad shot...
      西坎德尔·巴克特击出一记坏球。
    3. I played the ball back slightly.
      我把球轻轻打了回去。
  5. VERB 开（玩笑）；耍（花招）；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.
    1. Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps...
      有人搞恶作剧整她，在最高的台阶上拉了一根绳子。
    2. I thought: 'This cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke'.
      我想：“这不可能发生，肯定是谁在开玩笑。”
  6. VERB 随意摆弄；弄着玩
    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.
    1. She stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag.
      她眼睛盯着地板，漫不经心地摆弄着手提包的带子。
  7. N-COUNT 剧本；戏剧
    A play is a piece of writing which is performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television.
    1. The company put on a play about the homeless...
      这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。
    2. It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
      它是我最喜欢的一部莎士比亚戏剧。
  8. VERB 扮演，饰演（角色等）
    If an actor plays a role or character in a play or film, he or she performs the part of that character.
    1. ...Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in which he played Hyde...
      他在其中饰演海德一角的《化身博士》
    2. His ambition is to play the part of Dracula.
      他渴望扮演德拉库拉。
  9. V-LINK 装扮；假装；充当
    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.
    1. Hill tried to play the peacemaker...
      希尔想要充当和事佬。
    2. She was just playing the devoted mother...
      她只是装得像个尽心尽责的母亲似的。
    3. So you want to play nervous today?
      这么说你今天想装出一副紧张的样子了？
  10. VERB （以…方式）对待，处置，处理
    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.
    1. Investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart.
      投资者审慎精明地行事。
  11. V-ERG 演奏（乐器或乐曲）
    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.
    1. Nina had been playing the piano...
      尼娜一直都在弹钢琴。
    2. Two people played jazz on a piano...
      两人联手在一架钢琴上演奏爵士乐。
    3. He played for me...
      他为我弹奏。
    4. Place your baby in her seat and play her a lullaby...
      把宝宝放到座位上，给她弹一首摇篮曲。
    5. The guitars played.
      吉他声响起。
  12. V-ERG 播放（唱片、CD或磁带）
    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.
    1. She played her records too loudly...
      她播放唱片时音量太大了。
    2. Every evening in those days the BBC played 'God Save The King'...
      那些日子里，英国广播公司每天晚上都会播放《天佑吾王》。
    3. The records were played on the radio...
      这些唱片在收音机里播放过。
    4. There is classical music playing in the background.
      背景里有古典音乐在播放。
  13. VERB （音乐家、乐队等）表演；举办（音乐会）
    If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to.
    1. A band was playing...
      乐队在表演。
    2. He will play concerts in Amsterdam and Paris.
      他将在阿姆斯特丹和巴黎举办音乐会。
  14. VERB （光）轻快地移动
    When light plays somewhere, it moves about on a surface in an unsteady way.
    1. The sun played on the frosty roofs.
      阳光在结霜的屋顶上闪烁变幻。
  15. PHRASE 搞什么名堂；干什么蠢事
    If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
    1. What the hell are you playing at?
      你究竟在搞什么名堂？
  16. PHRASE （使）开始活动；（使）投入使用； （使）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.
    1. The real existence of a military option will come into play...
      存在选择军事手段的切实可能这一点将会起到作用。
    2. Breathing brings many muscles into play.
      呼吸使很多肌肉活动起来。
  17. PHRASE （在…中）发挥作用，产生影响
    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.
    1. They played a part in the life of their community...
      他们参与到了自己社区的生活中。
    2. The UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
      联合国在监督停火方面会发挥重要作用。
    3. ...the role played by diet in disease.
      节食在疾病中扮演的角色
  18. to play ball → see: ball
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双语例句

  1. He'd tried to buy the film rights of all George Bernard Shaw's plays.
    他曾尝试买下萧伯纳所有戏剧的电影改编权。
  2. Jill Bennett became John Osborne's fourth wife, and appeared in several of his plays
    吉尔·本内特成为了约翰·奥斯本的第四任妻子，并参演过他的几部戏剧。
  3. Back home, Shirley plays with, feeds and bathes the baby.
    回到家里，雪莉逗宝宝玩耍，喂他吃饭，给他洗澡。
  4. One of the roles which science plays is that of casting out superstition
    科学发挥的一个作用就是破除迷信。
  5. These plays are arranged in their order of composition.
    这些剧作是按照其创作的先后顺序安排的。
  6. The main building was also used for the enactment of mystery plays.
    主楼还用于神秘剧的演出。
  7. Douglas plays a frustrated American everyman who suddenly loses control under the pressure of daily life.
    道格拉斯扮演一个失意的普通美国人，他在日常生活压力下突然失控。
  8. There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
    他的戏剧中总是有善恶之间的斗争。
  9. The premieres of his plays brought in glowing reviews.
    他首演的几部戏都获得了如潮好评。
  10. Many lines from Shakespeare's plays are misquoted and misapplied
    莎士比亚戏剧中的许多诗句被人误引误用。
  11. He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.
    他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血，而且非常谦虚和善。
  12. Culture plays a large part in non-verbal communication
    文化在非语言交流中起着很大的作用。
  13. A notably short, silver-haired man, he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.
    他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
  14. These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life
    现在，工作在单身女性的生活中起着重要作用。
  15. A performer in evening dress plays classical selections on the violin.
    一名身穿晚礼服的表演者用小提琴演奏了几段古典音乐。
  16. I will pick out three new plays particularly
    我将特别选出3部新剧。
  17. He bought an answering machine that plays back his messages when he calls
    他买了一台能在别人打来电话占线时播放他录音留言的电话答录机。
  18. Here the window plays a prominent part in the design.
    这里窗户在设计中起着非常重要的作用。
  19. Both plays were published under the pseudonym of Philip Dayre.
    两个剧本都是以菲利普·戴尔的笔名出版的。
  20. He is highly respected for his novels and plays
    他的小说和剧本使他非常受人敬重。
  21. Gary plays football with the other children of the same age.
    加里和其他同龄的孩子们一起踢足球。
  22. He plays a solo acoustic set.
    他伴着原声乐器独唱了一组歌曲。
  23. She plays a French woman in a love triangle with Jonathan Pryce and Christopher Walken.
    她扮演一位与乔纳森·普赖斯和克里斯托弗·沃肯有三角恋关系的法国女子。
  24. He has produced umpteen books, plays and television series.
    他推出了众多图书、戏剧和电视连续剧作品。
  25. Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.
    在圣诞节演出的哑剧中还能看到这些戏剧残留下来的痕迹。
  26. His plays were very good, very witty
    他的剧作非常精彩，妙趣横生。
  27. My sister plays the leading role in this film.
    这部电影是我姐姐的主角。
  28. You cannot equate his poems with his plays.
    你不可以把他的诗歌和他的剧本相提并论。
  29. They drew the material of their plays chiefly from myths and legends.
    他们主要从神话传说中提取剧本的素材。
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