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

• She seemed content with her life as a rich man's plaything.
  她似乎满足于做有钱男子的玩物。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• You are a child's plaything!
  你是一个孩子的玩具。
• A shake of her head tossed the plaything sky-high.
  她咬着鞋子并摇晃着她的头把玩具抛向了天空。
• It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live.
  对那可怜的小玩偶来说，这样死去仍比活着好。
• 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。
• However, the children's favorite plaything of.
  这可是孩子们最喜欢的玩物了。
• 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。