play-actv.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪakt/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌæk(t)/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., act v.

Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + act v. Compare earlier play-acting n., play-actor n.

1. intransitive. To act in or as if in a play; esp. to behave theatrically or insincerely; to pretend, make-believe. Also (rare): to be suitable for acting in a play.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)]

playa1450

to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540

representa1547

act1598

interlude1608

personate1623

to tread the stage (the boards)1691

perform1724

to go on1769

theatricalize1794

histrionize1851

play-act1856

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > have an appearance of, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > act a part

to make fashion1571

personize1593

personate1623

theatrize1839

pose1840

play-act1938

1856 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 299 He has, without a doubt, been play-acting ever since.

1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Sept. (1965) I. 650 I always cut myself to the bone, reading the thing over and over until I have discovered the bits that can't be made to playact anyhow.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. i. 140 She wished to appear like the heroine of a French comedy... She was always play-acting.

1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 321 They had to play-act whatever happened.

1998 A. O'Hanlon Talk of Town (1999) ii. iii. 117 The teacher, who knew right well that I was play-acting, would fire the chalk duster at my head and order me to say it properly.

2. transitive. To act out as in a play.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)]

act1585

come1721

inact1900

play-act1962

1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xvii. 208 Oot wi't like a man, an' no playac' the gunpoother-plot ower again.

1901 N. Munro Doom Castle iv. 39 Very well pleased at the chance your coming gave him of play-acting the man of war.

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xv. 149 Or they might cold-bloodedly have play-acted the scene together, laughing about it afterwards.

1969 Listener 5 July 28/2 She wanted more dirty experience: could he not play-act a rapist?

1991 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. c16/2 In concert, Mr. Bolton flawlessly play-acted each lyric's scenario. He brooded torturedly in ‘We're Not Making Love Anymore’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	play-act
释义	play-actv. Brit. /ˈpleɪakt/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌæk(t)/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., act v. Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + act v. Compare earlier play-acting n., play-actor n. 1. intransitive. To act in or as if in a play; esp. to behave theatrically or insincerely; to pretend, make-believe. Also (rare): to be suitable for acting in a play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] playa1450 to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540 representa1547 act1598 interlude1608 personate1623 to tread the stage (the boards)1691 perform1724 to go on1769 theatricalize1794 histrionize1851 play-act1856 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > have an appearance of, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > act a part to make fashion1571 personize1593 personate1623 theatrize1839 pose1840 play-act1938 1856 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 299 He has, without a doubt, been play-acting ever since. 1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Sept. (1965) I. 650 I always cut myself to the bone, reading the thing over and over until I have discovered the bits that can't be made to playact anyhow. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. i. 140 She wished to appear like the heroine of a French comedy... She was always play-acting. 1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 321 They had to play-act whatever happened. 1998 A. O'Hanlon Talk of Town (1999) ii. iii. 117 The teacher, who knew right well that I was play-acting, would fire the chalk duster at my head and order me to say it properly. 2. transitive. To act out as in a play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] act1585 come1721 inact1900 play-act1962 1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xvii. 208 Oot wi't like a man, an' no playac' the gunpoother-plot ower again. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle iv. 39 Very well pleased at the chance your coming gave him of play-acting the man of war. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xv. 149 Or they might cold-bloodedly have play-acted the scene together, laughing about it afterwards. 1969 Listener 5 July 28/2 She wanted more dirty experience: could he not play-act a rapist? 1991 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. c16/2 In concert, Mr. Bolton flawlessly play-acted each lyric's scenario. He brooded torturedly in ‘We're Not Making Love Anymore’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1856
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