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单词 plaything
释义
plaything
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ/us
/ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ/
anobjectused forpleasureorenjoyment, such as a child'stoy:
供玩耍的东西；玩具
Ikeepall the children's playthings in thatbigcupboard.我把孩子们所有的玩具都放在那个大柜子里。
"Limousines andyachtsare the playthings of therich," he saiddismissively.“豪华轿车和游艇是有钱人的玩物，”他轻蔑地说。
someone who isconsideredortreatedwithoutrespectandforcedto do things for someone else'spleasureoradvantage:
被玩弄的人，玩偶
These men'smagazinesjusttreatwomen as playthings.这些男性杂志只把女性当作玩物。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Toys & dolls
  • balloon
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  • catapult
  • chew toy
  • doll's pram
  • fidget
  • fidget spinner
  • finger puppet
  • go-kart
  • marble
  • mud pie
  • rocking horse
  • snow globe
  • sock puppet
  • soft toy
  • squirt gun
  • squishy
  • stacker
  • teddy
  • tricycle
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People of little importance
(Definition ofplaythingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

plaything| American Dictionary

plaything
noun[C]
us
/ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ/

playthingnoun[C](TOY)

a child’stoy, or something used like atoy:
Fancycarswere the playthings of therich.

playthingnoun[C](PERSON)

apersonwho is nottreatedwithcareorrespect
(Definition ofplaythingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplaything

plaything
Why characterise these skills as the playthings of individualism?
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They were made into playthings and were put to better use by ladies going about their shopping.
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Schools cannot he treated as party political playthings.
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They are individuals, as we have heard, and not chattels or playthings.
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I have known them in peace when it has sometimes seemed, wrongly no doubt, that they have been the playthings of politics.
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I am not aware that any tricycles are stored on open waste ground and used by children as playthings.
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They are not our playthings, or those of councillors.
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I emphasise that many people have struggled hard to get the railways operating; they are not rich men and women's playthings.
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However, these are becoming a minority, outnumbered by those who acquire dogs as status symbols or as playthings for their children.
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We ought to be ashamed to see our great industries become political playthings.
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We all wish nothing but the best for the people of that unhappy country, who are being used as the playthings of some thoroughly nasty individuals.
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Are they to be playthings?
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We are both playthings and despots.
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Children, even, seemed familiar with the monsters of the microscope, and talked of them as glibly as of their playthings and the chemical elements.
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They no longer make kits, but playthings for toddlers.
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