plaything

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.玩具；玩物；被玩弄的人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The seventh child was a boy, the answer to his parents’ prayer, the pet and plaything of his elder sisters.
  第七个孩子是个男孩，这是对父母的祈祷和姐姐们准备的宠物与玩具的回报。
• So what should we do to prevent these threads from becoming the plaything of undisclosed corporate interests?
  那么我们应该做些什么来阻止这些主题成为见不得人的公司利益的玩物呢？
• From the moment in early 1999 when Sony announced its second-generation home video game console, the Play-Station 2, it was clear this would no mere plaything.
  从1999年初索尼公司宣布其第二代家庭视频游戏机即“玩家2”面市的那一刻起，就很清楚，“玩家2”将不仅仅是玩具。

权威例句

• On the streets, we struck up a few casual conversations with passers-by about our newfound plaything.
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• That's a big turnaround for a body that became a politicians' plaything after India nationalised its banks in 1969.
  ECONOMIST: The Reserve Bank of India
• Some see his ownership of Chelsea as a passing fad, a plaything he may soon, for want of new trophies, tire of.
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词组短语

短语

• dispatch plaything 气动输送管
• refined plaything 雅玩
• wooden plaything 木玩具
• elegant plaything 高雅的玩赏物;供人把玩
• Plaything March 玩具兵进行曲

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an object used for pleasure or enjoyment, such as a child's toy

柯林斯英英字典

• A plaything is a toy or other object that a child plays with.

专业释义

教育学

• 玩具