| 单词 | to play mid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play mid —— † to play mid —— 1. intransitive. to play mid words: (a) to pun, to make a play on words; (b) to boast. Obsolete.In Old English with wordum in dative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] to play mid wordseOE gameOE snip-snap1593 to play on (also upon) words (also the word)1600 quip1908 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. iv. 96 Ða gyt he ahsode hwæt heora cyning haten wære: & him mon ondswarade..þætte he Æll haten wære. Ond þa plegode [OE Cambr. Univ. Libr. pleogede] he mid his wordum to þæm noman & cwæð: Alleluia, þæt gedafenað, þætte Godes lof usses scyppendes in þæm dælum sungen sy. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 8652 Þus þe vnwise king plaȝede [c1300 Otho pleoyde] mid worden. 2. intransitive. = to play with —— at Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 135 Ne lat hie [sc. Honestas] nawht ðe hande pleiȝende mid stikke. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 179 (MED) Huanne he [sc. a cat] heþ mid hire [sc. a mouse] longe yplayd, þanne he his eth. < as lemmas |
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