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

• 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。
• But somewhere between the top of the hill and the trees below, mother fox lost her plaything.
  但是在山顶和山下的树林之间，狐狸妈妈丢掉了她的玩具。
• The teddy bear was his favourite plaything.
  软毛玩具熊是他最心爱的玩具。
• Are we the plaything of fate?
  我们是命运的玩物吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。