英 [ˈpleɪɪŋ] 美 [ˈpleɪɪŋ]
n. 比赛；演奏
v. （尤指儿童）玩，玩耍；捉弄，戏弄；随意摆弄，弄着玩（play 的现在分词）
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
the act of playing a musical instrument
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
the performance of a part or role in a drama
同义词： acting / playacting / performing
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During this course, the students’ ability of playing the piano improves.
在这一轮一轮的进程中学生的演奏能力得到提高。
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比赛；演奏
competition / game / match / tournament
玩耍（play的ing形式）
We killed time playing cards.
我们打纸牌消磨时间。
I prefer playing in defence.
我喜欢打防守。
They're both playing excellently.
他们演奏得都很棒。
As you might have guessed from his name, Harpo Marx was famous for playing the musical instrument called the harp.
VOA : special.2009.07.19
And J.J. Balmer in 1885 playing with the numbers asociated with the lines there, you notice how the lines are colored?
885年，巴尔末,开始把光线与数字联系起来，你注意过光线是怎样被赋予颜色的吗？
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and she's now playing some pretty fairly difficult things considering that she has only taken for a couple of years. So,
尽管她才学了几年，她现在已经可以弹奏比较难的曲目了。所以，
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 和钢琴老师
One of his early programs was a history show where he questioned actors playing people like Aristotle and Joan of Arc.
VOA : special.2009.08.16
Mark Johnson's idea, "Playing for Change," is now a CD,a DVD, a documentary film, a nonprofit organization and a company.
VOA : special.2009.07.31
EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer said he would be playing an "interesting, but possibly irritating character".
Westworld Yul Brynner plays a robotic reproduction of Yul Brynner playing Chris from the Magnificent Seven.
Their living conditions were quite spartan, but here they were taking time out by playing golf.