play around

(also play about British English) phrasal verbphr v

a) SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto have a sexual relationship with someone who is not your usual partner 与〔某人〕鬼混

with

Wasn’t she playing around with another man?

她当时不是在和另一个男人鬼混吗？

It was years before I realized he’d been playing around.

多年以后我才察觉到他一直在拈花惹草。

b) to try doing something in different ways, to see what would be best, especially when this is fun 摆弄，把玩〔尤指好玩〕

with

Play around with the ingredients if you like.

如果你喜欢，可以随意搭配各种原料。

c) to behave in a silly way or waste time, when you should be doing something more serious 胡闹 SYN fool around

When the teacher wasn’t looking, we used to play about a lot.

老师不看着我们时，我们经常会瞎胡闹。

Examples from the Corpus

play with• Why were men able to play around with any sort of drab?• He played around with both boys and girls and he was capable of uncontrolled violence.• But generally they enjoy themselves and they play around with inventions and machines like nobody's business.• But Uncle liked to play around with it.• It is bad to play around with other people's wives and bad also to spy on President Amin.• She encourages customers to play around with samples so they feel they are helping to design their own rooms.• This can be corrected either in Photoshop or by simply playing around with the white balance.• But it wasn't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts.

→ play around at play1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	play around
释义	play around play around (also play about British English) phrasal verbphr v a) SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto have a sexual relationship with someone who is not your usual partner 与〔某人〕鬼混 with Wasn’t she playing around with another man? 她当时不是在和另一个男人鬼混吗？ It was years before I realized he’d been playing around. 多年以后我才察觉到他一直在拈花惹草。 b) to try doing something in different ways, to see what would be best, especially when this is fun 摆弄，把玩〔尤指好玩〕 with Play around with the ingredients if you like. 如果你喜欢，可以随意搭配各种原料。 c) to behave in a silly way or waste time, when you should be doing something more serious 胡闹 SYN fool around When the teacher wasn’t looking, we used to play about a lot. 老师不看着我们时，我们经常会瞎胡闹。 Examples from the Corpus play with• Why were men able to play around with any sort of drab?• He played around with both boys and girls and he was capable of uncontrolled violence.• But generally they enjoy themselves and they play around with inventions and machines like nobody's business.• But Uncle liked to play around with it.• It is bad to play around with other people's wives and bad also to spy on President Amin.• She encourages customers to play around with samples so they feel they are helping to design their own rooms.• This can be corrected either in Photoshop or by simply playing around with the white balance.• But it wasn't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts. play with• Why were men able to play around with any sort of drab?• He played around with both boys and girls and he was capable of uncontrolled violence.• But generally they enjoy themselves and they play around with inventions and machines like nobody's business.• But Uncle liked to play around with it.• It is bad to play around with other people's wives and bad also to spy on President Amin.• She encourages customers to play around with samples so they feel they are helping to design their own rooms.• This can be corrected either in Photoshop or by simply playing around with the white balance.• But it wasn't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts. → play around at play1(PHRASAL VERB)
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