plaything

英 [ˈpleɪθɪŋ]

美 [ˈpleɪθɪŋ]

n.  玩物; 玩乐对象; 玩具

复数：playthings　

BNC.20450 / COCA.21197

牛津词典

noun

• 玩物；玩乐对象
  a person or thing that you treat like a toy, without really caring about them or it
  1. She was an intelligent woman who refused to be a rich man's plaything.
     她是个有头脑的女性，拒不肯做富人的玩物。
• 玩具
  a toy
  1. The teddy bear was his favourite plaything.
     软毛玩具熊是他最心爱的玩具。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 玩具；供玩耍的东西
  Aplaythingis a toy or other object that a child plays with.
  1. ...an untidy garden scattered with children's playthings.
     到处散落着玩具的凌乱的花园
• N-COUNT 玩物；被玩弄的人
  If you say that someone is treating you as aplaything, you think that they are using you for their amusement or advantage, and do not care about you.
  1. ...an unfaithful husband who treated women as playthings...
     把女人当玩物的不忠丈夫
  2. He would not allow anyone to make him into a political plaything for their own ends.
     他不会允许任何人为了达到其自身目的把他变成政治玩物。

英英释义

noun

• an artifact designed to be played with
  Synonym:toy

双语例句

• It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live.
  对那可怜的小玩偶来说，这样死去仍比活着好。
• There was no more reason why she should remember him with any interest in such an altered state of things, than any plaything she ever had.
  世事沧桑，在完全改变了的情况下，她没有什么理由要比对一个她曾经有过的玩具更多地记得他；不会的，那时在她的记忆中，他可能还不如玩具呢。
• Nowadays it has mainly become a plaything and attracts enthusiasts of any age.
  如今它已成为一个主要的玩物，吸引各个年龄的爱好者。
• He wanted to have me as a plaything for some time longer.
  他还想把我当作玩物耍一阵子。
• He loved his wife dearly, but he regarded her very much as her own father had seen her, as an amusing doll& a plaything.
  他非常爱他的妻子，不过，他对娜拉的看法跟娜拉的父亲非常相似，也就是说，都把她当作一个逗人的“娃娃”&一件玩物。
• Hong Kong's favorite new resident, a giant inflatable duck, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, looking less like an oversized lovable plaything and more like an unappetizing fried egg on the water.
  香港最受欢迎的新市民一只巨大的充气橡皮鸭在周三时表现不佳。此时的它看起来不那么像一个巨型的可爱玩具，而像漂浮在水上让人食欲全无的煎蛋。
• Fox gave up and turned back for her plaything.
  狐狸追了一会只好放弃，回头去找她的玩具。
• A large wooden, plastic, or metal ring, especially one used as a plaything or for trained animals to jump through. They are suitable for high-end automotive OEM, plastic coatings, coil coatings and so on.
  环大的木制，塑料或金属圈，尤指用作玩具或训练动物从中跳过主要用于汽车涂料、卷材涂料、高档塑胶漆、玩具漆和各种高档油墨等行业。
• She seemed content with her life as a rich man's plaything.
  她似乎满足于做有钱男子的玩物。
• So, the mind, the brain, is no longer a plaything of thought.
  因此，心智，头脑，不再是思想的一个玩物。