词汇 | plaything |
释义 | plaything noun[ C ] uk /ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ/ us /ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ/ an object used for pleasure or enjoyment, such as a child's toy: 供玩耍的东西;玩具 I keep all the children's playthings in that big cupboard.我把孩子们所有的玩具都放在那个大柜子里。 "Limousines and yachts are the playthings of the rich," he said dismissively.“豪华轿车和游艇是有钱人的玩物,”他轻蔑地说。 someone who is considered or treated without respect and forced to do things for someone else's pleasure or advantage: 被玩弄的人,玩偶 These men's magazines just treat women as playthings.这些男性杂志只把女性当作玩物。 Toys & dolls balloon beach ball bucket and spade chew toy cuddly toy doll's house fidget fidget spinner finger puppet marble marionette mud pie puppetry rag doll Russian doll slap bracelet slime snow globe Soft Stuff stuffed animal You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People of little importance plaything | American Dictionaryplaything noun[ C ] us/ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ/ playthingnoun[C] (TOY)a child’s toy, or something used like a toy: Fancy cars were the playthings of the rich. playthingnoun[C] (PERSON)a person who is not treated with care or respect Examples of playthingplaything Why characterise these skills as the playthings of individualism? They were made into playthings and were put to better use by ladies going about their shopping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Schools cannot he treated as party political playthings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are individuals, as we have heard, and not chattels or playthings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have known them in peace when it has sometimes seemed, wrongly no doubt, that they have been the playthings of politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not aware that any tricycles are stored on open waste ground and used by children as playthings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not our playthings, or those of councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I emphasise that many people have struggled hard to get the railways operating; they are not rich men and women's playthings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, these are becoming a minority, outnumbered by those who acquire dogs as status symbols or as playthings for their children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought to be ashamed to see our great industries become political playthings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all wish nothing but the best for the people of that unhappy country, who are being used as the playthings of some thoroughly nasty individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they to be playthings? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are both playthings and despots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Children, even, seemed familiar with the monsters of the microscope, and talked of them as glibly as of their playthings and the chemical elements. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They no longer make kits, but playthings for toddlers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of plaything These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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