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。
• 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。
• If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book ( for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?
  如果我同意烧掉它们，你能诚实地答应不再送出或收进一封信，或者一本书（因为我看见你给他送过书），或者一卷头发，或者戒指，或者玩意儿？
• Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
  娱乐品及玩具；不属别类的体育及运动用品，圣诞树用装饰品。
• There smiles the Divine Child among his playthings of unmeaning clouds and ephemeral lights and shadows.
  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 results support an earlier study at Texas A& M University, with vervet monkeys, which also showed a distinct preference among male monkeys for "masculine" playthings.
  这项结果支持了之前德克萨斯农工大学的一项研究。那项研究是用长尾猴做的实验，实验结果同样表明了公猴子对“男性化”玩具有着明显的偏好。
• 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。
• 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。
• At her campsite, Sheehan said each one was a valuable human life and an indispensable member of his or her family, so they should not be the "playthings for the people who lust for greed and power."
  希恩在克劳福德农场外的营地说：“每个人都是一个有价值的生命。每个人都是其家庭不可或缺的一员，而不是那些追求贪欲和权力的人的玩物。”
• Also, overindulged children also are not as challenged as children with fewer playthings to be more creative in their play.
  还有，玩具太多的孩子在玩的时候不如玩具少的孩子有创造性。