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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Are we the plaything of fate?
  我们是命运的玩物吗？
• Though the prince fancied himself as a military man the regiment was a plaything, more fashion accessory than fighting unit.
  虽然王子把自己想象成一个军人，但他还是把轻装龙骑兵看成一种玩物，它的时尚配饰要远远重于战争气息。
• Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything for those who are weak, for those who are only momentarily discontented.
  那些懦弱的人，只是一时不满的人，把真理变得狭隘，变成了一个玩物。
• Luck is a star. Money s a plaything. Time is a storyteller.& Carl Sandburg
  运气是星宿。金钱是玩物。时间是故事讲述者。&桑德堡
• 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。
• He had become her plaything.
  他完全变成了她的玩艺儿。