play/pleɪ/

v.

➊ do things for pleasure, for example with toys

➋ take part in a sport or game

➌ use a musical instrument to produce music

➍ make a tape, CD, etc. produce sound

n.

➊ the activity of doing things for pleasure rather than as work

➋ a story that is written to be performed by actors, esp. in a theatre

v.

➊ [I] 玩：[play with sth] His little brother has lots of toys to play with. 他的小弟弟有好多玩具玩。

◇[play with sb] You can go out and play with your friends now. 你现在可以出去和朋友玩了。

➋ [T; I] 打（球）；玩（游戏）：play chess/basketball/football 下棋/打篮球/踢足球

◇play computer games 玩电脑游戏

◇[play against sb] France played against England yesterday. 昨天法国队对阵英格兰队。

➌ [T; I] 演奏（乐器）：play the violin/the piano 拉小提琴/弹钢琴

➍ [T; I] 播放：[play sth for sb = play sb sth] Play the CD for me, please. 请把这个CD播放给我听。

n.

➊ [U] 玩，玩耍：The children are at play. 孩子们在玩耍。

◇It's important for children to learn through play. 在玩中学习对孩子来说很重要。

➋ [C] 戏剧：a play by Shakespeare 莎士比亚写的一部戏剧

◇write/put on a play 写/演出戏剧

play

player

playground

playmate

playroom

音组-ay/-eɪ/

bay; clay; day; gay; hay; lay; may; pay; play; pray; ray; say; stay; way

常犯错误

✗ play fire

✓ play with fire 玩火

用法小孩“玩”可说play；大人“玩”说enjoy themselves, have a good time。

用法play与球类运动名连用时，球类名前不要the，与乐器名连用时，乐器名前有the。

谚语If you play with fire you get burnt. 玩火者必自焚。

辨析play; play with