| 单词 | to make a play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a play (for) a. slang (originally U.S.). An attempt to achieve or gain something; a move, a manoeuvre, a venture; spec. (a) Baseball an action in which a player is put out; (b) North American Sport a group of actions in a team game regarded as a single coherent act or manoeuvre; (c) an attempt to sexually attract another person. Frequently in to make a play (for). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > attack attack1786 attacking1804 play1868 penetration1958 run-and-gun1967 pressing1976 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > attempt to gain someone's affections dead set1823 play1905 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1868 H. Chadwick Game of Baseball 46 A ‘treble play’ is made when three players are put out after the ball is hit, before it is pitched to the bat again. 1905 ‘H. McHugh’ Get Next! 75 His intentions are honorable and he wishes to prove them so by shooting his lady love if she renigs when he makes a play for her hand. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 174 Most clubs try to keep an umpire feeling hostile toward the team because, even if he means to see a play right, he is likely to call a close one against his enemies, not intending to be dishonest. 1943 D. Powell Time to be Born (new ed.) vi. 132 If you were twenty years younger I'd make a play for you, no fooling. 1961 P. Field Rattlesnake Ridge xiv. 170 It's the second time War Ax hands made a play for that money. 1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 26 Grab the girl while the grabbing's good, because..your nephew Bertram is making a heavy play in her direction. 1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 30/2 In the U.S., a guard is supposed to handle the ball and set up plays. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters ii. 60 The attempt that finally worked was the play by Giacalone, to get Hoffa to a peace meeting. 1996 Sunday Sport 29 Sept. 2/2 Where have all the fatties gone? We asked Britain's biggest gut-buckets to send us their pictures and make a play for the Mr Belly '96 award. < as lemmas |
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