| 词组 | play with |
| 释义 | play with 1. play with sth to keep touching something, or moving it from one position to another: ▪ Charlene was walking up and down and playing with her hair. ▪ All the time we were talking, he was playing with the money in his pocket. ■ SIMILAR TO: fiddle (with) 2. play with sth to try using different types of something, or different ways of doing something, especially before deciding which one is best: ▪ Making soup is a marvellous way of playing with different flavours. ▪ As an artist, he played with a variety of techniques. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑play around with 3. play with sth to consider an idea or a possibility, but not very seriously play with the idea of doing sth ▪ When I left university, I played with the idea of teaching for a while. play with the possibility that ▪ There was a wonderful scene in the film, in which Willie and Marty play with the possibility that they could become lovers. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑toy with 4. play with sb/sth to treat someone in a way that is not sincere or fair and is likely to upset them, for example by pretending to love them: ▪ I hope you're not playing with Jane's feelings - she's such a nice person. 5. play with sth if you play with words or ideas, you use them in a clever and unusual way in order to be funny: ▪ In all of his novels, Terry Pratchett has a way of playing with words that makes people laugh out loud. 6. have time/money etc to play with to have time, money etc that is still available to be used: ▪ Don't panic - we've got plenty of time to play with! ▪ We'd spent all our money on a house, so there wasn't much left to play with. 7. be playing with fire to be doing or dealing with something that is very difficult or dangerous: ▪ In dealing directly with terrorist organizations, the government is really playing with fire. 8. play with yourself informal to touch your own sexual organs in order to give yourself pleasure: ▪ One of the teachers found him playing with himself in the showers. ■ SIMILAR TO: masturbate, ↑jerk off AmE informal, ↑toss off BrE informal |
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