playthings

英 [ˈpleɪθɪŋz]

美 [ˈpleɪˌθɪŋz]

n.  玩物; 玩乐对象; 玩具
plaything的复数

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。

双语例句

• This is now the most dramatic example of an alien plant invader affecting wildlife in Britain, 'he told The Observer. There smiles the Divine Child among his playthings of unmeaning clouds and ephemeral lights and shadows.
  「这是外来入侵树种影响英国野生动物的最戏剧化例子。那圣洁的孩子在乏味的云层和倏忽变幻的浮光掠影中嬉戏微笑。
• The system's voracious pursuit of power and profit had turned foreign nations into enslaved colonies, and human beings into the playthings of economic forces beyond their control.
  这个体系对权力和利润贪婪的追求把其他国家变成了殖民地，人类进入了经济游戏，可这种力量却超出了他们的控制。
• Returning boomerangs were used only in eastern and western Australia as playthings, in tournament competition, and by hunters to imitate hawks for driving flocks of game birds into nets.
  可飞回的飞标曾在东澳大利亚及西澳大利亚流行，有时作为玩具，用于比赛，有时猎手用它仿真飞鹰，以驱逐鸟群，使之进入网里。
• I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
  我寻求贵重的玩具，收集金块与银块。
• Studies have shown that girls 'career ambitions can be heavily influenced by their playthings.
  研究显示，女孩的职业抱负在很大程度上会受到玩具的影响。
• One day, as she inspected this drawer, I observed that the playthings, and trinkets which recently formed its contents, were transmuted into bits of folded paper.
  一天，她正在翻这个抽屉时，我看见最近放在里面的玩具和零碎全变成一张张折好的纸张了。
• We don't send playthings!'cried Catherine, her pride overcoming her shame.
  “我们不送玩意儿，”凯瑟琳叫着，她的骄傲征服了她的羞耻。
• One way to find out is to look to the animal kingdom, where there are no gender-specific playthings.
  有一种方法可以找到答案&去动物王国看看吧，那里可没有可区分性别的玩具。
• Despite its fame, the Rubik's Cube has yet to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, where other classic playthings such as the Slinky and the Etch-a-Sketch are enthroned.
  尽管魔方声名远播，但它尚未入选美国国家玩具名人堂，而其他经典玩具如机灵鬼弹簧和神奇画板都已榜上有名。
• The warlord treated his concubines as graceful playthings.
  那个军阀把他的小妾当作美丽的玩物。