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play ENJOYpleIv [I](esp. of children) to spend time doing an enjoyable and/or amusing activity玩，玩耍The children spent the afternoon playing in the garden.孩子们下午在花园里玩。My daughter used to play with the kids next door.我女儿过去总和隔壁的孩子们玩。As a kitten, Puss loved to play with a ball of string.帕斯这只小猫喜欢玩线团。(humorous) My father is upstairs playing with his new toy -- he's bought a new computer.我的父亲在楼上玩他的新玩具----他买了一台新电脑。The children were playing at (= pretending to be) Batman and Robin.孩子们在扮演蝙蝠侠和罗宾玩。To play at also refers to doing something for enjoyment or interest, or without much care and effort, rather than in a serious way or as a job.玩游戏，假扮She's only playing at being an actress -- she's going off to law school next year.她扮演员不过是玩玩，她明年就要去上法学院。(disapproving) If you ask what someone is playing at, you express your anger, surprise and disapproval of something they are doing.玩弄What the hell were you playing at -- you could have got us all killed!你到底在摆弄什么?你差点使我们都丧了命!To play along (with someone) is temporarily to do what they ask you to do.勉强装样子去做He was reluctant but he played along, because he wanted to find out more about their plans, before going to the police.因为在报警之前，他想要更多地了解他们的计划，所以尽管他不愿意，他还是装样子跟他们混。(infml disapproving) If someone who is married or has a serious relationship plays around, they have sex with another person or people.鬼混If she finds out he's been playing around with his secretary, there'll be trouble.如果她知道他在和他的秘书鬼混，就会有麻烦的。To play (around) with something is to consider various ways of doing something before making a decision about it.斟酌，考虑The Committee played around with several ideas before making a final decision.委员会在作出最后决定前，考虑了几个方案。Patricia and I were playing with the possibility of moving to Glasgow.我和帕特莎在考虑搬到格拉斯哥的可能性。(Br and Aus) She accused him of playing politics (= using the relationships between people for his own advantage).她控告他在玩政治把戏。To play with your food is to move it around on your plate, rather than eating it, because you do not feel like eating it.拨弄而不吃食物"Stop playing with your food, " my mother used to tell me.“不要拨弄盘子里的食物”，我母亲过去总是这样告诉我。(infml) People sometimes say to play with yourself in order to avoid saying MASTURBATE (= give yourself sexual pleasure by touching your sexual organs).手淫He found two of the smaller boys playing with themselves in the boys' toilets.他发现两个男孩在卫生间里手淫。(fig.) Oh, go play with yourself (= Go away and stop annoying me)!快走开，别烦我!If you have a particular amount of time or money to play with, you have that amount available to use.花钱Having only ￡200 to play with, they bought a second-hand piano.因为他们手头只有200英镑，他们买了一架二手钢琴。You're playing with fire (= doing something very dangerous), agreeing to take part in this dishonest business deal.你同意做这笔不诚实的交易，简直是在玩火自焚。Play-Doh is Am trademark for PLASTICINE (= soft substance used as a toy).塑料粘土
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