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

• If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book ( for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?
  如果我同意烧掉它们，你能诚实地答应不再送出或收进一封信，或者一本书（因为我看见你给他送过书），或者一卷头发，或者戒指，或者玩意儿？
• One day, as she inspected this drawer, I observed that the playthings, and trinkets which recently formed its contents, were transmuted into bits of folded paper.
  一天，她正在翻这个抽屉时，我看见最近放在里面的玩具和零碎全变成一张张折好的纸张了。
• We don't send playthings!'cried Catherine, her pride overcoming her shame.
  “我们不送玩意儿，”凯瑟琳叫着，她的骄傲征服了她的羞耻。
• Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
  娱乐品及玩具；不属别类的体育及运动用品，圣诞树用装饰品。
• Studies have shown that girls 'career ambitions can be heavily influenced by their playthings.
  研究显示，女孩的职业抱负在很大程度上会受到玩具的影响。
• Men should treat women as equals rather than as graceful playthings.
  男人应该把女人看作平等的人，不可当作美丽的玩物。
• 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。
• 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。
• Besides, even if Americans wanted to ban all Chinese-made toys, it would be extremely difficult to replicate a similar-sized industry at home or anywhere else: the Chinese mainland accounts for 80 per cent of their children's playthings.
  除此之外，就算美国人想封杀所有中国制造的玩具，要在美国国内或任何其它地方再造一个同等规模的产业，都将极为困难：中国大陆产品占据了美国80%的儿童玩具市场。
• 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。