英语词汇“to play it safe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. transitive with it and complement. To deal with a situation in a specified way. to play it safe: = to play safe at sense 17a(d). to play it cool: to behave in a relaxed or unemotional manner (cf. cool adj. 8b).to play it close to one's chest: see chest n.¹ 9c.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)]

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biwaitc1456

to look to it1548

to look out?1553

to play safe1601

to be on the sure side1668

to mind out1823

to keep one's powder dry1837

to play it safe1873

to have a care1876

to watch it1916

to watch (or mind) one's step1934

the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)]

to keep one's countenance1470

to get above ——1603

to keep one's head1717

keep your shirt on1844

to keep one's hair on1883

to keep one's wool1890

not to bat an eye, eyelid1904

to keep one's pants on1928

to play it cool1955

to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964

1873 Winfield (Kansas) Courier 24 July 3/1 The horses attached to [the] hack which runs between this place and Wellington, one day last week concluded to ‘play it alone’.

1917 F. P. Adams Weights & Measures 85 (heading) Playing it safe.

1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat 109 Can't a bloke woik an' play it straight?

1951 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 July 15 The Republicans are playing it safe.

1955 W. C. Gault Ring around Rosa vi. 77 Most gamblers I've met would play it cooler than that.

1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing x. 163 Let's wait until he's gone too far to draw back, and then we can produce our evidence and shoot him down in flames. That's how I'd like to play it.

1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green i. 11 I let him play it his way. He was my boss.

1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 87/1 Look for hidden agendas at work, and play it safe when pitching ideas or making important decisions.

2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Oct. c4 I played it cool. I moseyed into the kitchen.

单词	to play it safe
释义	> as lemmas to play it safe e. transitive with it and complement. To deal with a situation in a specified way. to play it safe: = to play safe at sense 17a(d). to play it cool: to behave in a relaxed or unemotional manner (cf. cool adj. 8b).to play it close to one's chest: see chest n.¹ 9c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] warea1000 biwaitc1456 to look to it1548 to look out?1553 to play safe1601 to be on the sure side1668 to mind out1823 to keep one's powder dry1837 to play it safe1873 to have a care1876 to watch it1916 to watch (or mind) one's step1934 the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)] to keep one's countenance1470 to get above ——1603 to keep one's head1717 keep your shirt on1844 to keep one's hair on1883 to keep one's wool1890 not to bat an eye, eyelid1904 to keep one's pants on1928 to play it cool1955 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 1873 Winfield (Kansas) Courier 24 July 3/1 The horses attached to [the] hack which runs between this place and Wellington, one day last week concluded to ‘play it alone’. 1917 F. P. Adams Weights & Measures 85 (heading) Playing it safe. 1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat 109 Can't a bloke woik an' play it straight? 1951 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 July 15 The Republicans are playing it safe. 1955 W. C. Gault Ring around Rosa vi. 77 Most gamblers I've met would play it cooler than that. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing x. 163 Let's wait until he's gone too far to draw back, and then we can produce our evidence and shoot him down in flames. That's how I'd like to play it. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green i. 11 I let him play it his way. He was my boss. 1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 87/1 Look for hidden agendas at work, and play it safe when pitching ideas or making important decisions. 2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Oct. c4 I played it cool. I moseyed into the kitchen. extracted from playv. < as lemmas
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