| 单词 | at play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat play f. at play: (of a process or factor) in effect, action, or operation; at work. ΚΠ 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiii He feared his father might have been informed of certain transactions at play. 1875 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 45 22 If we bear in mind the vast extent of some floes and their enormous mass, we may gain some idea of the colossal forces at play in these processes. 1955 Sci. Amer Apr. 68/1 It shows clearly and primitively the effects of the physical factors at play in the environment. 2003 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 12/1 While France, Germany and Belgium caused chaos at NATO by refusing to authorise military planning for the defence of Turkey in the event of war with Iraq it is worth wondering whether or not other motives could be at play. at play a. Exercise or activity engaged in for enjoyment or recreation rather than for a serious or practical purpose; amusement, entertainment, diversion; (in later use esp.) the spontaneous or organized recreational activity of children; (colloquial) an instance or period of such activity. at play: engaged in playing.In early use also occasionally: †profligate indulgence, revelling (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [noun] playeOE gameOE sportive?c1622 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun] playeOE gameeOE disportc1380 sportc1443 museryc1450 pastime?1473 gaud1587 playgame1596 exercise1622 amusement1632 evagation1638 retirement1641 divertisement1642 diversiona1684 ploya1689 lounge1788 divertissement1804 happening1959 letterboxing1977 timepass1982 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > [noun] > playing playeOE gameling1594 game playing1849 gameplay1920 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iv. xii. 111 Bebudon Romana godas þæm senatum þæt mon theatrum worhte him to plegan. OE Blickling Homilies 99 Hie hæfdon wif & cyfesa, & heora fyrenlustas, & wiste, & plegan, & oforgedrync. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 17 Ealle þa hwile þe þæt lic bið inne, þær sceal beon gedrync & plega, oð ðone dæg þe hi hine forbærnað. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 55 Vte we..al þese..dages forleten blisfulle songes and plege. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 143 Sire, þus ich pleiede oðer spec ine chirche, eode oðe pleouwe ine chirc-heie. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2388 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 175 (MED) Is bones weren al bare; þo ne likede him no plei! 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 214 (MED) He lyest þe guodes þet he ssolde do ine zuo moche time ase he lyest ine þe playes and ine ydelnesse. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 143 Þe play of children amidde þe strete. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1502 In þe poynt of her play he porvayes a mynde. c1450 Complaynt d'Amours (Fairf. 16) f. 198 Hyt is hir pley to lawgh whan men siketh. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 155 (MED) That is my play and my gladnesse to be aboute hym and forto do hym seruice. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liiiv It is conuenyent for euery man..to haue play and game acordynge to his degre. 1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aj Most men are geuen rather to play then to studye. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 404 A Tiger, who by chance hath spi'd In some Purlieu two gentle Fawnes at play . View more context for this quotation 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces viii. 248 No Man at play sees a very great Game..unexpectedly lost, but He is apt to consider, whether it could have been saved. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit iii. 8 John naturally lov'd rough Play. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 148 Men deal with life, as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 71 Those who were at play, were gleesome and noisy as other children. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind xxv. 241 When he awoke, all the angels were starting up wide awake too. He expected to see them lift their tools, but no, the time for play had come. 1939 WPA Guide to Florida (1984) i. 8 Florida's tourist population is drawn to the State largely by the prospect of play and recreation. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 636/4 Not a night passes without one aspect or another of the far western frontier holding children from play. 1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 23/2 (caption) Young badgers at play on their log in the fading light of a summer's evening. 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 10 June 4 It's home from work, now, a play with my daughter and a relaxing evening with a glass of lager in my hand. < as lemmas |
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