| 单词 | to toy it with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto toy it with a. intransitive. To treat (a person, a person's heart, affections, etc.) with a lack of seriousness or respect, esp. for one's own amusement; to trifle or play with; to tease. Formerly also transitive in †to toy it with.Formerly also to toy at ——: †to mock (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > treat without seriousness [verb (transitive)] to toy with ——?1499 trifle with1523 dandle1569 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] teleeOE laughOE bismerc1000 heascenc1000 hethec1175 scornc1175 hokera1225 betell?c1225 scorn?c1225 forhushc1275 to make scorn at, toc1320 boba1382 bemow1388 lakea1400 bobby14.. triflea1450 japec1450 mock?c1450 mowc1485 to make (a) mock at?a1500 to make mocks at?a1500 scrip?a1513 illude1516 delude1526 deride1530 louta1547 to toy with ——1549–62 flout1551 skirp1568 knack1570 to fart against1574 frump1577 bourd1593 geck?a1600 scout1605 subsannate1606 railly1612 explode1618 subsannea1620 dor1655 monkeya1658 to make an ass of (someone)1680 ridicule1680 banter1682 to run one's rig upon1735 fun1811 to get the run upon1843 play1891 to poke mullock at1901 razz1918 flaunt1923 to get (or give) the razoo1926 to bust (a person's) chops1953 wolf1966 pimp1968 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biv It was no tyme with him to Jape nor toye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 758/2 I toye, or tryfell with one, I deale nat substancyally with hym, je me truffe. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxxv. 16 Yea abject slaves at me did toy with mocks and cheekes ful stout. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't ii. xxiii. 379 Thus Dr. H. toyes it with his Readers, hoping that the greater part of them will be arrant fools. a1754 H. Fielding tr. Ovid Lover's Assistant (1759) 15 The Theatres..will be most fruitful to your Wishes. Here you will find one Object to love, and another to toy with. 1873 Gleason's Monthly Compan. Oct. 492/2 George Villiers..was dreaming his own dreams of winning the pure young heart of Marian Graeme, and, after toying with it idly, as he had toyed with women's hearts before, throw it from him as he would a withered flower. 1997 C. Coulter Maze (e-book ed.) i The sound came again... It seemed to be coming from the small foyer by the front door. Who could be toying with her this way? 2020 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 May 22 More secret assignations followed, including a week on holiday, where he toyed with my affections, always dancing one step away, and then later that night kissing me under a dense black summer sky. < as lemmas |
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