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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fox gave up and turned back for her plaything.
  狐狸追了一会只好放弃，回头去找她的玩具。
• The United Nations has become the plaything of the major powers.
  联合国成了几个大国的玩物。
• 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
• He wanted to have me as a plaything for some time longer.
  他还想把我当作玩物耍一阵子。
• 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。