play-acting

Word family adjectiveplayableplayfulplaysomeplayed-outnounplayerplayfulnessplayletplay-actingplaybackplaybillplaybookplayboyPlaybusplay-by-playplay dateplayfellowplaygroundplaygroupplayhouseplaying cardplaying fieldplayleaderplaylistplaymakerplaymateplaypenplayroomplayschoolplayslipplaysuitplaythingplaytimeplaywrightadverbplayfullyverbplay

ˈplay-ˌacting noun [uncountableU]

PRETENDbehaviour in which someone pretends to be serious or sincere, but is not 装腔作势，耍花招

—play-act verb [intransitiveI]

Examples from the Corpus

play-acting• I was no longer responsible for the pretending, the elaborate play-acting.• What Yeroen hoped to gain by his play-acting is not clear, though it may have helped to defuse further aggression.• Instead of plays being acted by the city craftsmen once a year, we've made a craft of play-acting.

单词	play-acting
释义	play-acting Word family adjectiveplayableplayfulplaysomeplayed-outnounplayerplayfulnessplayletplay-actingplaybackplaybillplaybookplayboyPlaybusplay-by-playplay dateplayfellowplaygroundplaygroupplayhouseplaying cardplaying fieldplayleaderplaylistplaymakerplaymateplaypenplayroomplayschoolplayslipplaysuitplaythingplaytimeplaywrightadverbplayfullyverbplay ˈplay-ˌacting noun [uncountableU] PRETENDbehaviour in which someone pretends to be serious or sincere, but is not 装腔作势，耍花招 —play-act verb [intransitiveI] Examples from the Corpus play-acting• I was no longer responsible for the pretending, the elaborate play-acting.• What Yeroen hoped to gain by his play-acting is not clear, though it may have helped to defuse further aggression.• Instead of plays being acted by the city craftsmen once a year, we've made a craft of play-acting.
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