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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At her campsite, Sheehan said each one was a valuable human life and an indispensable member of his or her family, so they should not be the "playthings for the people who lust for greed and power."
  希恩在克劳福德农场外的营地说：“每个人都是一个有价值的生命。每个人都是其家庭不可或缺的一员，而不是那些追求贪欲和权力的人的玩物。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After that they plucked the leaves and put them in their playthings.
  后来，它们采了叶子，放在它们的小玩具里。
• 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。
• 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。