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

• 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。
• The pessimist feels like fate's plaything and moves slowly.
  悲观者则感到自己只能由命运摆布，行动拖拉。
• Previously I was addicted to a plaything, for instance, when I played hi-fis, I spent all my time and money on it. I did the same thing when cars were my favourite.
  以前的玩是死命玩一样事情，例如玩音响时就花尽时间与金钱玩音响，后来玩车也如是。
• The United Nations has become the plaything of the major powers.
  联合国成了几个大国的玩物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The teddy bear was his favourite plaything.
  软毛玩具熊是他最心爱的玩具。
• The King's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it.
  小公主重又见到了自己心爱的玩具，心里别提有多高兴了。她把金球拣了起来，撒腿就跑。别跑！
• There be plaything for all ages; the plaything of old people be to talk of the plaything of their youth.
  每一个年龄都有玩具；老人的玩具是聊聊他们年轻时的玩具。