🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- Socialite 110
- matriarch 50
- bugler 129
- Journey 194
- environmentally 68
- Policing 3
- alyssum 49
- survive 636
- stencil 153
- grip 483
- scr 41
- wellington 61
- finality 202
- underclothes 61
- empanel 90
- Justify 138
- Slide 217
- Wane 241
- thumbscrew 213
- Estimable 199
- suspenseful 76
- disturb 528
- edgeways 76
- ancestry 157
- forger 106
- Forensic 138
- supply 851
- prise 50
- unhook 62
- flabby 181
- mettle 207
- underage 58
- legal 538
- whittling 47
- Thoroughly 180
- carsickness 62
- fox 547
- Break 274
- pseudo 62
- Disaster 214
- rub down 38
- antibodies 49
- Time 278
- all-purpose 79
- resounding 68
- deadliest 49
- the sandman 47
- hang out 71
- Physical 179
- tromp 64
- not in the slightest 57
- environs 104
- wimp 148
- aviation 430
- vso 55
- proffer 56
- abash 55
- precipitation 155
- joke 591
- author 527
- redress 75
- voluntourism 38
- byzantine 110
- vestment 55
- Gt. 87
- bipolar 130
- tippler 37
- Flow 146
- hew 236
- cask 201
- Stamp 135
- Georgian 4
- sultanate 52
- furze 67
- busywork 120
- skulk 57
- mattock 48
- Brazen 44
- Lancet 80
- refractive 53
- smell 269
- sufficiently 401
- liturgical 69
- métier 70
- state 677
- temping 28
- Coronation 132
- Fiber 71
- Holy Island 40
- Varnish 76
- paisley 58
- anticlerical 72
- gust 308
- beamed 254
- the supreme sacrifice 45
- unsteadfast 47
- Embark on 70
- nowt 155
- rinsing 44
- panicky 53
- Background 132
- tefl 62
- tanked 59
- beagler 59
- element 487
- dicker 127
- leafed 52
- lackadaisical 73
- interrupt 539
- applesauce 104
- peeling 66
- Ultimately 136
- kith 74
- Likely 214
- fire wall 92
- hydrogen 453
- arms 144
- bread 221
- earless 107
- conflict 547
- acacia 124
- Disengaged 92
- fantasy 479
- virulence 81
- good-natured 103
- tried 71
- figure 566
- a priori 81
- win out 79
- tsarist 52
- sleepily 46
- Anniversary 260
- zither 67
- peak 543
- regulatory 127
- fancied 89
- profiteering 58
- Promptly 122
- Ask 235
- sooner or later 52
- cybercafe 66
- mischance 63
- anticlimactic 116
- vodcast 42
- malachite 36
- measurable 432
- BRIGHT 241
- Dear 167
- hex 65
- lustful 141
- weal 77
- Stay in 54
- edibles 29
- index 2305
- pinkie 67
- thin 257
- cucumber 557
- isle 167
- headboard 53
- Scorching 70
- Vibrant 145
- sightseer 45
- Odd 243
- downhearted 115
- kidnapper 79
- counselor 386
- witting 43
- adopting 84
- Impeccable 80
- defense 273
- Below 96
- Peril 77
- calvinism 77
- Supply 231
- Originate 113
- terrorist 77
- electroencephalogram 99
- eke out 92
- glyph 40
- cattle 534
- radicchio 84
- fl 112
- route 584
- suds 64
- waver 152
- extenuate 47
- Propagandize 4
- rowdy 145
- fancy dress 89
- electrodynamics 40
- usual 574
- vise 146
- reiterate 178
- motel 474
- asunder 119
- anticyclone 68
- burton 103
- ceremonial 133
- cash in on 40
- rain 179
- confirmatory 81
- Hang 221
- domestic partner 73
- Plant 172
- sexual 450
- evoke 173
- Officially 87
- pants 489
- aa 108
- common land 82
- impress 594
- Gang 144
- argyll 39
- inoperative 101
- sorrow 596
- RESTRICT 181
- lactate 67
- dromedary 110
- demeaning 234
- Moral 255
- occultism 52
- survivor 172
- modem 87
- grimy 102
- Disproportionate 93
- toothed 56
- sin 534
- SPECIFIC 85
- Performer 116
- wimpy 81
- utmost 451
- assuage 162
- workable 139
- sew up 36
- far-reaching 122
- miniature 126
- harsh 551
- Grueling 33
- sporadic 158
- battle-ax 91
- expectedly 60
- sidelines 43
- Undergo 145
- UNCERTAIN 83
- Escapade 89
- whoopee 58
- lack 552
- Relapse 3
- antipodean 87
- identify 588
- heli-skiing 39
- Feather 176
- sector 251
- mulch 126
- Alas 166
- furnishing 117
- qualification 326
- chine 50
- Intoxicated 2
- armorer 120
- progressive 480
- viscount 75
- chronicle 187
- Hunter 92
- dome 207
- tiddlywinks 53
- be- 51
- rasp 202
- Purple Heart 43
- grasp 533
- calling card 110
- liberate 560
- invulnerable 102
- try on 77
- oriented 116
- unvoiced 66
- indifferent 491
- Appendage 127
- hence 450
- guitar 186
- shaming 34
- combining form 83
- sampling 58
- acquit 242
- uncross 51
- calmly 77
- logic 572
- defence, defenceman 164
- app 157
- lactation 54
- Produce 169
- bagpiper 34
- antiquer 41
- graze 262
- end in something 42
- skydive 38
- rust 540
- chequers 44
- penniless 87
- private sector 74
- Cosmetic 69
- deplore 177
- commandant 116
- congratulate 461
- prepackaged 36
- bot 74
- Although 116
- boxhead 59
- swivel 83
- cr 99
- orphanage 115
- special interest 92
- socialism 532
- double 326
- silverfish 45
- lav 52
- Incumbent 176
- Uproar 145
- bastings 43
- bastardized 91
- churchman 136
- dimple 115
- game show 90
- trammel 95
- consistent 538
- chief 490
- aforesaid 120
- supply-side economics 68
- Breast 254
- Saunter 8
- pluralities 36
- disarray 129
- clumsier 49
- wreath 534
- shaky 241
- neighborly 86
- opus 73
- Nomadic 110
- Dec. 58
- bandsman 117
- britain 84
- titanic 61
- colonization 181
- Evince 130
- afresh 92
- Exit 182
- sea floor 31
- disappointed 193
- milieus 51
- agelessly 68
- recollect 432
- insurrectionary 52
- dive 532
- gingham 120
- garbanzo bean 77
- spoonful 62
- tee 172
- that'll be the day 59
- DEC 47
- Lax 131
- enthralled 66
- indifference 148
- extort 110
- CHARGE 154
- churlish 115
- submariner 142
- orzo 53
- sex offender 53
- Cereal 105
- thought 532
- vuvuzela 41
- conceited 220
- Autonomous 110
- schmaltzier 35
- juxtapose 103
- overemphasized 40
- booze 175
- police 511
- madman 78
- Factoid 93
- refer 568
- Though 167
- inconceivably 138
- Nativity 101
- endorsement 259
- Intoxication 3
- bookmark 235
- Union 212
- clunk 104
- perfectly 411
- nabob 70
- overwhelming 234
- distinguish 609
- drive up 77
- nix 55
- crabmeat 107
- erroneous 204
- vouch for 30
- ovenproof 65
- farm 158
- new york 71
- Laminate 16
- Ennui 22
- prescience 75
- listenership 69
- nexus 57
- mobile 509
- gonad 146
- hemisphere 174
- Debunk 91
- rev 317
- Overrated 145
- backtrack 121
- zillah 38
- afflicted 76
- Set back 55
- Historically 152
- Climate 198
- Arm 114
- slashing 49
- Bone 211
- aplenty 100
- assimilationist 48
- aga 84
- Misdemeanor 3
- popularity 179
- shriek 460
- holdings 57
- sizing 54
- freshly 83
- Fast 160
- superman 70
- Eject 9
- Virtue 203
- fall 520
- belong 518
- setout 73
- setback 249
- stick shift 82
- PLATFORM 68
- Alphabet 106
- hundred 247
- destroy 540
- convolution 132
- Floozy 97
- start 243
- geoeconomics 50
- Kazakh 95
- Page 129
- Ire 73
- draw 345
- butterfly 509
- LEFT 130
- Performance 149
- neonatal 73
- adjudicator 119
- conjectural 114
- transmitted 30
- investment 497
- anesthesiologist 105
- apparatus 417
- Pierce 93
- academic 557
- metafictionist 40
- perestroika 48
- experiencer 77
- Pearl 126
- cottontail 90
- premanufacture 50
- whistle 527
- mobilisation 70
- take sth on board 29
- Predict 245
- overdrawn 97
- Heavy 135
- bonfire 139
- clematis 109
- farther 497
- nervy 102
- centerboard 53
- peregrine 44
- obtain 589
- underprice 48
- curettage 57
- behold 175
- bashing 53
- desk 280
- hurdles 47
- ageless 114
- Play along 35
- Awkward 100
- Verse 96
- appellation 111
- capital 573
- jiffy 79
- retrocede 97
- leagued 34
- Stick 93
- sociocultural 39
- cheerful 491
plaything
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural playthings
plural playthings
Learner's definition of PLAYTHING
[count]
1
: a toy玩具
- a child's plaything儿童玩具
- VCRs were once the expensive, high-tech playthings of the rich.盒式录像机一度价格昂贵，是有钱人的高科技玩具。
2
: a person or thing that you treat in a careless way and use for your own amusement or advantage玩物
- We mustn't let the environment become the plaything of oil companies.我们绝不能让环境成为石油公司的玩物。
- The emperor used people as his playthings.皇帝把百姓当成他的玩物。
plaything
noun
play·thing ˈplā-ˌthiŋ 
Example Sentences
VCRs were once the expensive, high-tech playthings of the rich. We mustn't let the environment become the plaything of oil companies. The emperor used people as his playthings.
Recent Examples on the Web The older man then offers Casey a thankless live-in position as houseboy and party plaything, basically stripping him of every last shred of dignity. 
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022 There's nothing cuter than watching your precious kitty roll around on the floor, wrestling with their favorite plaything. Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 Sometimes a single sort of edible is juxtaposed with an apt plaything, such as bananas piled under a toy gorilla or doughnut holes heaped beneath a miniature police officer. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 Musk himself will face heat for treating a multibillion-dollar enterprise as a plaything. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 May 2022 At $44 billion, Twitter is an extremely expensive plaything. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 The images embodied the comic dark side of a young child’s obsessional devotion to a beloved object: When a new plaything appears, the object may be ruthlessly discarded. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 Treating Giuliani as a plaything for our culture, albeit one who has made some controversial choices, is not a matter of policy disagreement, or of being a bit too grave about the lighter side of the news. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022 Twitter does not want to become a plaything of the world’s richest person. New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 See More
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022 There's nothing cuter than watching your precious kitty roll around on the floor, wrestling with their favorite plaything. Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 Sometimes a single sort of edible is juxtaposed with an apt plaything, such as bananas piled under a toy gorilla or doughnut holes heaped beneath a miniature police officer. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 Musk himself will face heat for treating a multibillion-dollar enterprise as a plaything. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 May 2022 At $44 billion, Twitter is an extremely expensive plaything. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 The images embodied the comic dark side of a young child’s obsessional devotion to a beloved object: When a new plaything appears, the object may be ruthlessly discarded. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 Treating Giuliani as a plaything for our culture, albeit one who has made some controversial choices, is not a matter of policy disagreement, or of being a bit too grave about the lighter side of the news. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022 Twitter does not want to become a plaything of the world’s richest person. New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of plaything was circa 1674 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文