playthings

英 [ˈpleɪθɪŋz]

美 [ˈpleɪˌθɪŋz]

n.  玩物; 玩乐对象; 玩具
plaything的复数

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。

双语例句

• The system's voracious pursuit of power and profit had turned foreign nations into enslaved colonies, and human beings into the playthings of economic forces beyond their control.
  这个体系对权力和利润贪婪的追求把其他国家变成了殖民地，人类进入了经济游戏，可这种力量却超出了他们的控制。
• Despite its fame, the Rubik's Cube has yet to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, where other classic playthings such as the Slinky and the Etch-a-Sketch are enthroned.
  尽管魔方声名远播，但它尚未入选美国国家玩具名人堂，而其他经典玩具如机灵鬼弹簧和神奇画板都已榜上有名。
• Life's play is swift, Life's playthings fall behind one by one and are forgotten.
  生命的游戏一下子就结束，生命的玩具一件件遗落在后面，然后都被忘记掉。
• I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
  我寻求贵重的玩具，收集金块与银块。
• The results support an earlier study at Texas A& M University, with vervet monkeys, which also showed a distinct preference among male monkeys for "masculine" playthings.
  这项结果支持了之前德克萨斯农工大学的一项研究。那项研究是用长尾猴做的实验，实验结果同样表明了公猴子对“男性化”玩具有着明显的偏好。
• One way to find out is to look to the animal kingdom, where there are no gender-specific playthings.
  有一种方法可以找到答案&去动物王国看看吧，那里可没有可区分性别的玩具。
• Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price.
  老少都有自己的玩物，只是价格不同而已。
• Also, overindulged children also are not as challenged as children with fewer playthings to be more creative in their play.
  还有，玩具太多的孩子在玩的时候不如玩具少的孩子有创造性。
• I used to get them new playthings to keep them quiet.
  我过去常给他们买些新玩具使他们保持安静。
• It's important to train your kitten early on not to bite, and that includes not using your hands as playthings.
  训练你的小猫早点停止咬人是很重要的，这还包括不让小猫把你的手当作玩具。