play

[US]/pleɪ/
[UK]/ple/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 演奏;播放;游戏;扮演;同…比赛
vi. 演奏;玩耍;上演;参加比赛
n. 游戏;剧本;比赛
Word Forms
第三人称单数plays
复数plays
过去式played
现在分词playing
过去分词played

Phrases & Collocations

play soccer

踢足球

play music

演奏音乐

play cards

玩牌

play pretend

假装玩

play outside

在外面玩

play in

奏乐迎入

play with

与…一起玩

play the game

玩游戏;行动光明正大;遵守比赛规则

play someone as

(在比赛中)用某人担任…

fair play

公平竞争;公平比赛;平等对待

play football

踢足球

play basketball

打篮球

in play

开玩笑地;比赛进行中

play for

为…而玩;效力…

play on

演奏;发生影响;利用别人的感情;继续比赛

play a part

装腔骗人;扮演角色;在…中起一份作用

at play

在玩

play the violin

拉小提琴

played out

结束;衰竭;失去作用

play ball

开始活动;开始赛球

play the role

扮演角色

Example Sentences

the play is jinxed.

此戏注定失败。

a play with a message.

有寓意的一部戏

play on an accordion.

演奏手风琴

a play for sympathy.

试图获得同情

the play of the imagination.

运用想象力

The play is miscast.

戏中角色分配不当。

play hockey; play chess.

打曲棍球;下象棋

play a person false.

对人不诚实

to play the saxophone

吹奏萨克斯管

to play a tambourine

演奏着小手鼓

the play is a slow burner.

这出戏节奏很慢。

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