【play音标】 英[pleɪ] 美[pleɪ]
【单词释义】 play是什么意思：
n.[U]玩耍；游戏；比赛；戏剧；赌博；[C]剧本
vt.&vi.玩；演奏；播放；演出；参加比赛
vt.扮演；担任，充当…的角色；演出；装扮
vi.玩耍，游戏；[游戏]参加游戏；赌博；闹着玩
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] plays [第三人称单数] plays
[单词现在分词] playing
[单词过去式] played
[单词过去分词] played
【play形近词/近似词】
anyway adv.无论如何；尽管
okay v.赞成或同意；批准
stay v. 停留；逗留；坚持 n.停留；逗留
decay v.（使）腐烂，腐朽；衰败
essay n.散文；随笔
【单词例句】
◇ Everyday, while the lazy, ugly stepsisters played they teased Cinderella. Cinderella always stayed up late cleaning and washing the laundry. "Cinderella! Clean my shoes." Cinderella always wore tattered clothes and worked all day doing housework.
每一天，懒惰的、丑陋的姐妹都会嘲笑灰姑娘。灰姑娘每天洗衣服打扫屋子到很晚。“灰姑娘!擦擦我的鞋。”灰姑娘总是穿着破烂的衣服，整天马不停蹄地做家务。
---- Cinderella
◇ There, it soon revived. The children wanted to play with it.
它这时才渐渐地恢复了知觉。小孩子们都想跟它玩。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ "Ah, my dear father, I will tell you all about it. Yesterday when I was playing with my golden ball by the fountain in the forest, it rolled into the water, and because I cried, the frog fetched it for me, and I promised him that he could come to the castle and be my companion.
“哦，亲爱的爸爸，我会告诉您一切。昨天我在森林里的喷水池旁玩金球时，它滚到水里面去了。因为我哭了，所以那只青蛙就帮我把球找回来，而我答应它可以到城堡来做我的朋友。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ His thesis, Abolishing Slavery, met with all professors' approval. After class, he and his companions often played drum music, which was noisy but suitable for his hearing.
他的论文《废除奴隶制》受到所有教授的一致认可。课后，他和伙伴们还常常演奏大声却适合他听觉的鼓乐。
---- Defeat Disability
◇ In a small budget film, he played a badly-off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.
在一部小预算的电影里，他穿着磨破的鞋子和脏兮兮的衣服，扮演了一名贫穷又无家可归的人。
---- Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour
◇ And he touched the walls, and they widened out, and she saw the organ which was playing; she saw the old pictures of the preachers and the preachers' wives.
她把墙触了一下，于是墙就分开。这时她就看到那架奏着音乐的风琴和绘着牧师及牧师太太的一些古老画像。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。
◇ I was very sensitive to music. Just dipping into the music books briefly, I could sing or play well. To be honest, I always dreamt of becoming a famous folk actor. I was so confident that I never decreased my devotion.
我对音乐很敏感，只要简要地浏览一下乐谱，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。说实话，我一直都梦想着能成为出名的民间演员，自信的我从未减少过热爱。
---- My First Band
◇ Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries.
英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来西亚和一些非洲的国家。
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ Four office workers were asked to transcribe two 600-word sets of song lyrics. The first set was transcribed with no music playing, while the other was completed with classical music playing in the background.
四名办公室职员被要求抄写两套600字的歌词，第一套是在没有音乐播放的情况下抄写的，而另一套则是在播放古典音乐的背景下完成的。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity