英 [pleɪd] 美 [pleɪd]
v. 演奏；播放；玩耍；参加竞赛（play 的过去分词）
adj. 比赛的
play /pleɪ/ CET4 TEM4 [ playing played plays ]
不及物动词 When children, animals, or adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games. 玩耍
...invite the children over to play.
…邀请孩子们过来玩。
They played in the little garden.
他们在小花园里玩耍。
不可数名词 Play is also a noun. 玩
...a few hours of play until the babysitter puts them to bed.
…直到保姆让他们上床睡觉之前的几小时的玩耍。
相互动词 When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it. 参加 (体育运动、游戏、比赛等)
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。
I used to play basketball.
我过去常打篮球。
不可数名词 Play is also a noun. (对运动、游戏、比赛等的) 参加
They've got more exciting players and a more exciting style of play.
他们有更精彩的选手和更精彩的比赛风格。
及物动词/不及物动词 When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game. 与…比赛
Dallas will play Green Bay.
达拉斯队将迎战绿湾队。
不可数名词 Play is also a noun. 比赛
Fischer won after 5 hours and 41 minutes of play.
费希尔在5小时41分钟的较量后获胜。
及物动词 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. 开 (玩笑); 搞 (恶作剧)
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。
不及物动词 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. 摆弄
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。
可数名词 A play is a piece of writing performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television. 戏剧
It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
这是我最喜欢的莎士比亚剧。
及物动词 If an actor plays a role or character in a play or film, he or she performs the part of that character. (在戏剧或电影中) 扮演 (角色)
...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in which he played Hyde.
…他在其中扮演海德的《化身博士》。
连系动词 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. 假装
Hill tried to play the peacemaker.
希尔试图假扮成和事佬。
She was just playing the devoted mother.
她只是在装成一位负责的母亲。
及物动词 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. 对待
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。
及物动词/不及物动词 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. 演奏 (乐器或乐曲); 奏响
Nina had been playing the piano.
尼娜一直在弹钢琴。
He played for me.
他为我弹奏。
及物动词/不及物动词 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. 播放
She played her records too loudly.
她放唱片的声音太大。
There is classical music playing in the background.
背景中正在播放古典音乐。
及物动词/不及物动词 If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to. (在音乐会上) 演奏
A band was playing.
一支乐队正在演奏。
习语 When something comes into play or is brought into play, it begins to be used or to have an effect. 开始起作用
The real existence of a military option will come into play.
现有的军事手段将开始起作用。
习语 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. 起作用
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。
The U.N. 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。
to play the fool→seefool
to play to the gallery→seegallery
to play hard to get→seehard
to play havoc→seehavoc
to play hooky→seehooky
to play host→seehost
to play safe→seesafe
(of games) engaged in
the loosely played game
游戏-引用次数：84
The life-force of human beings is fluxional and is desiring freely play .
人类的生命力是生生不息、变动不居、渴望自由游戏的。
参考来源人类喜剧精神的衍变和价值取向
演奏-引用次数：124
Thus the roles of affection and intellect play a great part in erhu performing due to the special characteristics of erhu.
由于二胡这种乐器有其自身的特点，所以情感与理智的作用在二胡演奏中显得尤为突出。
参考来源二胡演奏技艺中的情理交融
游戏-引用次数：81
Chuang Tzu’s spirit of Tao enioying develops into“ink play”theory which“fit for one’s temporary interest”in Chinese ancient painting.
庄子乐道的游戏精神发展为古代绘画“适一时之兴趣”的墨戏论。
参考来源庄子美学与中国古代画论
间隙；游隙；游动
出牌；【象棋】走动(棋子)：
游戏
播放
放
游戏
你出战(Played)是快了，女友多再不是你可以骄傲的本钱，只会被认为老大不小了还没个正事。快了，快了！
...届的奥运赛场上抄写奇妙，缮写光辉，也许把表现奥运更高更快更强的精神归纳地那么令人钦佩和敬佩，可以一次又一次地奏响(Played)国歌，让国人心中为之一振，可能一次(Once)又一次地站在宇宙体坛(Sports)的巅峰，并建造着多数的贡献伟绩，无论就字面来说，还是...
...邦公司(Company)想起(Remember)资助的角逐，别忘随时为自己鼓掌虽不行说给象棋(Chess)的兴盛供给了一个契机，但主观上起(Played)了很大(Great)的功用，三种东西绝对不能相信：男人的承诺、女人的眼泪以及朋友的酒话。
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比赛的
The Sixers played beautifully.
费城76人队打得很出色。
Bands played German marches.
管乐队演奏了德国的进行曲。
Evans played very well.
埃文斯比赛很出色。
He says whatever you call it, jazz has played a huge role around the world in opening up musical creativity.
VOA : special.2009.04.17
That played a powerful role in my life in terms of connecting faith and social justice for me. -Right.
那在我的生活中发挥了强大的作用,它帮助我将信仰和社会正义相连，-对。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
I've never played World of Warcraft, for example, but I have a lot of friends who do and who still do.
比如说，我从来不玩魔兽世界，但我有很多朋友玩，他们现在还在玩。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 电子游戏
He often commented on the fact that he was best known for a part he played for only three years.
VOA : special.2010.03.07
The study found that children who played video games "obsessively" had higher rates of depression, social fears and stress.
VOA : special.2011.02.23
But there was no sense of surrender about the manner in which he played here.
But Gibson played down claims that falling attendances were at the heart of the dismissal.
Not long ago table tennis was a game played by geeky kids in youth clubs.