词组 | play at |
释义 | play at 1. what's sb playing at? BrE spoken informal if you ask what someone is playing at, you want to know what they are doing or why they are doing it, because you are very surprised or annoyed by it: ▪ What the hell do you think you're playing at - going out at this time of night? 2. play at sb/sth to pretend to be a particular type of person or to do a particular thing, usually as a game: ▪ Little girls often play at doctors and nurses. play at doing sth ▪ two little old ladies who were playing at being detectives ■ SIMILAR TO: pretend to be 3. play at sth to do a job or activity for only part of the time, and without being very serious about it: ▪ If you're serious about politics, you can't just play at it - it's your whole life. |
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