英语词汇“player”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

a bass player
a game for four players
a tennis player
He is recognized as the world's greatest chess player.
I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player.
It's now the turn of player number three.
Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college.
One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.
One of the players has been sent off the field.
Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year.
She sang "I'll Fly Away," accompanied by two guitar players.
Simpson is a talented singer and piano player.
The school has a reputation for producing top-class football players.
Up to six players can play this game on-line.
Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

It happened - whether by accident or design Olivia didn't know-that she and the Nawab were the last two players left.
Macintosh computers come with a player that can handle a variety of sound formats.
On the pitch I had noticed that the players had become a little more tense.
The four bench players Miami used played 57 minutes, took nine shots and missed seven of them.
The next step is to talk to the player.
You have a defender, you have an offensive player.

Longman Language Activatorsomeone who plays a game► player

· a game for four players· Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year.good player (=good at playing a game) · I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player.· Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips.

► opponent

someone who plays against another person in a game: · Brownlee regards Reaney as his most difficult opponent.· My opponent was much older than I was.

► team

a group of people who play against another group in a game: · You're the best person on the team.· Pub quiz teams often have really silly names.team captain/manager etc: · Nasser Hussain, the England team captain, was injured in the game against the West Indies.

someone who plays music► musician

someone who plays a musical instrument very well or someone who does this as their job: · Ellen is one of our most talented young musicians.· The group is made up of local musicians who have been performing together for several years.

► performer

someone who sings or plays a musical instrument in order to entertain people: · Most performers feel nervous before they go on stage.· The festival provides an opportunity to hear some fine blues performers at reasonable prices.

► player

: guitar/piano/trumpet etc player (=someone who plays a particular musical instrument) · Simpson is a talented singer and piano player.· She sang "I'll Fly Away," accompanied by two guitar players.

► accompanist

someone who plays a musical instrument while someone else sings or plays the main tune: · I'd be happy to sing, but I'll need an accompanist.· Pianist Tommy Flanagan is among the finest accompanists in jazz history.

► soloist

someone who plays or sings the main part of a piece of music alone, or with a musical group supporting them: · There will be four soloists in tonight's performance.· Violin soloist Jessica Solano will perform Mozart's Concerto No. 4.

► street musician

also busker British someone who plays music in a public place such as a street or railway station, so that people will give them money: · A street musician sat on the other side of the courtyard, banging a drum.· In the summer, buskers fill the town's streets and public squares.

someone who plays a game or does a sport► player

someone who takes part in a game or competition: · One of the players has been sent off the field.baseball/tennis/chess etc player: · He is recognized as the world's greatest chess player.· The school has a reputation for producing top-class football players.

► competitor

someone who is competing, especially against a lot of people, in a particular game or competition: · The competitors tonight come from all over the world.· The competitors in the 100m sprint are being asked to take their places at the start.

► contestant

someone who takes part in a competition or game: · Contestants for the game show go through a tough selection process.· a beauty pageant contestant

► sportsman/sportswoman

someone who takes part in and is usually good at a sport, especially as a profession: · Tonight we remember one of the greatest sportsmen of our time.· The prizes are being presented by sportswoman Tessa Sanderson.· He won the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award in 1999.

someone who does a sport► player

someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: · One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.baseball/basketball etc player: · Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college.

► sportsman/sportswoman

someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: · Every top sportsman needs the motivation of a fresh challenge.· Today's professional sportsmen can expect to earn enormous sums of money.· Mrs Hashimoto described herself as a keen sportswoman, fond of golf, tennis and swimming.

► athlete

someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars: · The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.· Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.· It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs.

someone who takes part in something► participant

formal someone who takes part in an organized event or activity: · This summer's children's art program had 14 participants.· At the end of the conference, all the participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire.participant in: · Reyes is an active participant in the protest movement.

► competitor

someone who takes part in a race, game, or competition: · One of the competitors hurt her leg during the race.· Twenty-seven competitors from around the country will take part in Sunday's monster truck rally.

► entrant

formal someone who takes part in a competition: · Davis was selected from 200,000 entrants to win the trip to the Super Bowl.· The winning entrant will receive a scholarship to the famous college of art and a year's supply of artist's materials.

► contestant

someone who takes part in a competition or game, especially one that is judged by a group of judges: · Suzanne was a beauty-queen contestant in college.· The questions that contestants must answer get more difficult as the game goes on.

► entry

the piece of work or answer which someone has sent to be judged in a competition: · All entries for the contest must be received by September 11.· Her entry in the "Funniest Photo Contest" won third prize.· Organizers of the Lawson short story competition have received over 100,000 entries.

► involved

the people involved are the people who are taking part or who took part in an activity or event: · In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved.· Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.· Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved.

► player

someone who takes part in a game: · Up to six players can play this game on-line.· It's now the turn of player number three.·

WORD SETS► Music

a cappella, adjectiveaccelerando, adjectiveaccompaniment, nounaccompanist, nounaccompany, verbaccordion, nounacid house, nounacoustic, adjectiveadagio, nounallegro, nounandante, adjectiveandante, nounanthem, nounaria, nounarpeggio, nounarr., arrange, verbarrangement, nounatonal, adjectiveback, verbbacking, nounbagpipes, nounbalalaika, nounballad, nounband, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbandstand, nounbanjo, nounbar, nounbarbershop, nounbaritone, nounbarrel organ, nounbass, nounbass, adjectivebass clef, nounbass guitar, nounbassist, nounbassoon, nounbaton, nounbeat, verbbeat, nounbebop, nounblast, verbblow, verbbluegrass, nounbolero, nounbongos, nounboogie, nounbootleg, nounbow, nounbow, verbbrass band, nounbreve, nounbridge, nounbugle, nounbusk, verbC, nouncabaret, nouncadence, nouncadenza, nouncalypso, nounC & W, canon, nouncantata, nouncanticle, nouncantor, nouncarillon, nouncarol, nouncarol, verbcastanets, nouncatchy, adjectivecellist, nouncello, nounchamber music, nounchamber orchestra, nounchant, verbchant, nounchoir, nounchoirboy, nounchoral, adjectivechorale, nounchord, nounchorister, nounchorus, nounChristmas carol, nounchromatic, adjectiveclapper, nounclarinet, nounclavichord, nounclef, nouncoda, nouncoloratura, nouncombo, nouncompose, verbcomposer, nounconcert, nounconcertgoer, nounconcertina, nounconcertmaster, nounconcerto, nounconduct, verbconductor, nounconsonant, adjectiveconsort, nouncontinuo, nouncontrabass, nouncontralto, nouncor anglais, nouncornet, nouncounterpoint, nouncountertenor, nouncountry and western, nouncountry music, nouncover, verbcover, nouncrescendo, nouncroon, verbcrotchet, nouncut, verbcymbal, nounD, noundamper, noundance, noundance band, noundemo, noundescant, noundidgeridoo, noundiminuendo, noundirge, noundisc jockey, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedissonance, nounditty, nounDixieland, noundo, noundoh, noundominant, noundouble bass, noundownbeat, noundrum, noundrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrum kit, noundrum major, noundrummer, noundrumming, noundrum-roll, noundrumstick, noundub, nounduet, noundulcimer, nounduo, nounear, nouneasy listening, nouneighth note, nounelevator music, nounencore, interjectionensemble, nounexpression, nounf., fa, nounfalsetto, nounfanfare, nounfantasia, nounfiddle, nounfiddler, nounfife, nounfinale, nounfingering, nounflat, adjectiveflat, nounflat, adverbflautist, nounfloor show, nounflourish, nounflute, nounfolk, nounfolk, adjectivefolk music, nounforte, nounforte, adjectivefortissimo, adjectiveforty-five, nounFrench horn, nounfret, nounfugue, nounfunk, nounfunky, adjectiveg, gamelan, noungig, noungig, verbglee club, nounglide, nounglockenspiel, noungong, noungospel, noungrand, noungrand opera, noungrand piano, nounGregorian chant, noungroup, nounguitar, nounhalf note, nounhalf step, nounhammer, nounhard rock, nounharmonic, adjectiveharmonica, nounharmonium, nounharmonize, verbharmony, nounharp, nounharpsichord, nounheavy metal, nounhigh, adjectivehigh-pitched, adjectivehip hop, nounhorn, nounhot, adjectivehouse music, nounhurdy-gurdy, nounhymn, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounimprovise, verbincidental music, nouninstrument, nouninstrumental, adjectiveinstrumental, nouninstrumentalist, nouninstrumentation, nouninterlude, nouninterval, nounjam, verbjam session, nounjazz, nounjazzy, adjectivejig, nounjingle, nounjungle, nounkaraoke, nounkazoo, nounkettledrum, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkey signature, nounla, nounlament, nounlargo, adjectiveleader, nounledger line, nounlegato, adjectiveleitmotif, nounlento, adjectivelibrettist, nounlibretto, nounlilt, nounlullaby, nounlute, nounlyre, nounlyric, adjectivelyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounlyricist, nounmadrigal, nounmaestro, nounmajor, adjectivemale-voice choir, nounmandolin, nounmaracas, nounmarch, nounmarching band, nounmariachi, nounmarimba, nounmasterclass, nounmedley, nounmellifluous, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemelody, nounmetronome, nounmezzo-soprano, nounmi, nounmiddle C, nounminim, nounminor, adjectiveminstrel, nounminuet, nounmodal, adjectivemode, nounmoderato, adjectivemodulate, verbmolto, adverbmood music, nounmotif, nounmouth organ, nounmouthpiece, nounmovement, nounmusic, nounmusical, adjectivemusical, nounmusical instrument, nounmusically, adverbmusician, nounmusicianship, nounmusicology, nounmusic stand, nounmute, verbmute, nounMuzak, nounnational anthem, nounnatural, adjectivenatural, nounNegro spiritual, nounnocturne, nounnote, nounnumber, nounnumber one, nounnursery rhyme, nounoboe, nounoctave, nounoctet, nounoff-key, adjectiveone-man band, nounopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounopus, nounoratorio, nounorchestra, nounorchestral, adjectiveorchestra pit, nounorchestrate, verborgan, nounorgan grinder, nounorganist, nounovertone, nounoverture, nounp., panpipes, nounpart, nounpart-song, nounpause, nounpeal, verbpedal, nounpeg, nounpenny whistle, nounpercussion, nounperfect pitch, nounPhilharmonic, adjectivephrase, nounphrase, verbphrasing, nounpianissimo, adjectivepianist, nounpiano, nounpiano, adjectivepianola, nounpiccolo, nounpick, verbpick, nounpipe, verbpiped music, nounpiper, nounpitch, nounpitch, verbpizzicato, nounplainchant, nounplainsong, nounplay, verbplayer, nounplayer piano, nounplectrum, nounpluck, verbpolyphony, nounpop, nounpop group, nounpop music, nounpop star, nounprelude, nounpresto, adjectivepresto, nounprima donna, nounproduction number, nounpromenade concert, nounpsaltery, nounpunk, nounquarter note, nounquartet, nounquaver, nounquintet, nounR & B, nounrag, nounraga, nounragga, nounragtime, nounrange, nounrap, nounrap, verbrapper, nounrecital, nounrecitative, nounrecord, nounrecorder, nounreed, nounrefrain, nounreggae, nounregister, nounremaster, verbrendering, nounrendition, nounrepeat, nounrequest, nounrequiem, nounresonator, nounrest, nounrhapsody, nounrhythm, nounrhythm and blues, nounrhythm section, nounriff, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrock, nounrock and roll, nounrock music, nounrock 'n' roll, nounrondo, nounrostrum, nounround, nounrumba, nounrun, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsaxophone, nounsaxophonist, nounscale, nounscat, nounscherzo, nounscore, nounscore, verbsemibreve, nounsemiquaver, nounsemitone, nounseptet, nounserenade, nounserenade, verbset, nounsetting, nounsextet, nounshanty, nounsharp, adverbsharp, nounsheet music, nounsight-read, verbsignature tune, nounsing, verbsinger, nounsinger-songwriter, nounsingle, nounsitar, nounsixteenth note, nounska, nounskiffle, nounslide, nounslur, verbslur, nounsnare drum, nounso, nounsol, nounsol-fa, nounsolo, adjectivesolo, nounsoloist, nounsonata, nounsong, nounsongbook, nounsongster, nounsongwriter, nounsoprano, nounsoprano, adjectivesoul, nounsoundtrack, nounspiritual, nounsqueezebox, nounstaccato, adverbstaff, nounstandard, nounStar-Spangled Banner, the, stave, nounsteel band, nounsteel guitar, nounstep, nounstring, verbstringed instrument, nounstrum, verbstudy, nounsuite, nounswell, nounswing, nounsymphony, nounsyncopated, adjectivesyncopation, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbsynthesizer, nountabla, nountabor, nountambourine, nountechno, nountempo, nountenor, nountenor, adjectiveTex-Mex, adjectivetheme, nounthrash, nounthrenody, nounthrob, verbti, nountimbrel, nountime, nountime signature, nountimpani, nountoccata, nountom-tom, nountonal, adjectivetonality, nountone, nountone-deaf, adjectivetone poem, nountonic, nountootle, verbtrack, nountranscribe, verbtranspose, verbtreble, nountreble, adjectivetreble clef, nountremolo, nountriangle, nountrill, nountrombone, nountrumpet, nountuba, nountune, nountune, verbtuneful, adjectivetuneless, adjectivetuning fork, nountuning peg, nounukulele, noununaccompanied, adjectiveupright piano, nounvalve, nounvariation, nounverse, nounvibes, nounvibraphone, nounvibrato, nounviola, nounviolin, nounviolinist, nounvirginals, nounvirtuoso, nounvivace, adjectivevocal, adjectivevocal, nounvocalist, nounvoice, nounvoluntary, nounwaltz, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwhole note, nounwind instrument, nounwoodwind, nounxylophone, nounyodel, verbyodel, nounzither, nounzydeco, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a major/dominant/key etc player

a firm that is a dominant player on Wall Street

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a CD player

(=a piece of equipment for playing CDs)· She switched off the CD player.

► a chess player

· Today, many chess players have online games.

► a cricket player

· He used to be a professional cricket player.

► a football player

· Like many little boys, his ambition was to be a football player.

► a key player

· He won’t leave key players out of the team.

► a piano player

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big

· There are enough big money players cut down in their prime to give the new boy nightmares.· The multimillionaire has slowly faded from the industry in the past decade but has been eager to be a big player again.· Encouraged by the new legislation, he sought to become a big player on the local production scene.· Millard may well be the biggest player in Division I basketball this season.· Round-table talks, bringing together the heads of the republics and other big players, could lower the tension.· The selloff in tech stocks happened, and the big players at aggressive growth funds started buying REITs.· Even some of the bigger players are cautious.· The slowdown has dented the bottom lines of some of the biggest players in the market.

► good

· By close observation we can also detect two classes of players amongst our best piano players.· Ironically, most of his better players fled anyway and the great teams of 1971-75 were quickly reduced to non-contenders.· Steffi Graf is the best woman player of all time.· Rice is rated the better pass rusher, Hardy the better all-around player.· Personally I think Rocky's a better player than White.· They got some pretty good players in this division.· I think Shutt is a very good player, and I m happy with that deal.· We still have lots of good players.

► great

· But Fifa's latest proposals concede greater powers to players and consequently give little protection to the clubs.· Parker, for all his reputation as an iconoclast and innovator, was one of the greatest blues players ever.· He learned a lot then, and he is now maturing into a great player.· His value only is to a team that believes it is one great player away from a title.· Hence our shortage of great players.· Phil was a great player in college.· A few days before he had been witnessed on a squash court with the greatest player in the sport's history.· Was he a greater football player than he was a hero?

► key

· If communities there are to survive, women are the key players.· Principals are key players and are encouraged to take the lead to ensure that identification procedures are implemented.· Dale Baker and David Gibson are now key players in Bright's new look side, both made 70's.· In the 1930s, they were key players in lettuce strikes in Salinas.· The series dramatized the struggle by portraying the key players on both sides and probing their motives and strategies.· Therefore, they were key players in those new integrated teams.

► major

· All the major players now offer a range of minimum price contracts, which will use options and futures indirectly.· Three of the six were major players.· Heavy investment and brand support is promised by all the major players this year.· To their surprise, many then become major players within their academic settings.· Software houses will be the target and major players like Lotus Development and Borland are reportedly starting to kick Bristol's tyres.· Enron is expected to be a major player in the new California market.· Saatchi people always know the value of mixing it with major international players.· That means they could go after high-priced, proven major league players.

► other

· At four or five-all in games, other players lapse their concentration.· Six other players could miss the final if cautioned again.· By contrast opinion in the occupied territories concerning these other players was hardening rather than softening.· He left the field wide open for whatever the other players in this charming charade might suggest.· As ever, what happens depends upon the other player.· He is best left alone, and needs neither help nor interference from other players.· Even the other players stopped to watch.· When he took up the game, there were no other young players around.

► team

· The move is more about eliminating boundaries, developing best practice, and working together as team players.· Now, it was being brought home, one manager said, that they were expected to be team players.· Both, though, are team players, rather than individuals, and they should dovetail impressively into the Wigan set-up.· But I became sort of a team player, although still pretty radical.· How do you get on with your colleagues-are you an active team-player?· Jody wants Red to be more of a team player.· But she is a team player, and she knows what to say.· Can employees continue to be team players if they are rewarded only for individual performance?

► top

· The Eagles have infuriated their fans by letting top quality players join the free-agency merry-go-round.· It seems that they are designed and marketed to challenge the world's top players to the extreme.· Read in studio One of the world's top snooker players has been gracing an unlikely stage.· How can we attract players to the sport if a top class player is advocating potentially dangerous play?· This is Sue Wright, one of the world's top squash players.· It means he can not meet another top eight player until the quarter-finals.

► well

· He will tell you he has been left a better player and a better person.· Even amid so much emotional and physical upheaval, however, Maxwell made himself a better player.· As to Levi being a better all-round player, let's go to our year-end statistics.· Ironically, most of his better players fled anyway and the great teams of 1971-75 were quickly reduced to non-contenders.· Now it's rarely the case that the replacement is actually a better player than the so-called old fellow.· Nick Faldo may be a better player, but Ballesteros is a better golfer.· You will discover, especially with the better players, that particular drills are valuable in ironing out their weaknesses.· Although Meriwether was by far the better player of the game, in a single hand anything could happen.

► young

· He was the young player who had made such an impression on me during my year on the amateur tour.· Whiting had 18 points, and consistently frustrated the Lasers' young post players.· She was in East Kilbride to give a masterclass to promising young players.· If numbers continue to increase it is hoped to institute a training Wind Band for younger players.· The pull down menus make the game easy to play and the smooth animation help keep the interest of younger players.· This led to young players being drafted into top-class soccer before their abilities had had time to mature.· Jamie, 18, is Boro's young player of the year while Sean, also 18, plays for the Quakers.· Afterwards he told me that one or two of the younger players in the orchestra had never played the overture before.

NOUN► basketball

· Read in studio Oxford University has been banned from fielding one of its best-ever basketball players ... because she's a woman.· In another episode, Sanger directed an actor whose son is another former Montclair Prep basketball player.· Along with rap artists and basketball players, these are the black men the black boys look up to.· She then became a star basketball player in high school, taking her team to the state championship.· Smith went on to the University of Kansas as a basketball player and then on to his legendary coaching career.· We look at lots and lots of basketball players.· Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player, first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.· She had to be a basketball player.

► cassette

· Anyone with a home cassette player can testify to the questionable long-term durability of tape recordings.· Some studies of portable cassette players found that test subjects used headphones at levels ranging from 65-112 decibels.· You may want to install a few luxuries like a portable television, radio / cassette player or a telephone extension.· One reason cassette players and other consumer electronics are played so loud, Hull said, is the phenomenon of auditory adaption.· The amount of explosive hidden in the radio cassette player which destroyed the aircraft was not detectable by any X-ray equipment.· Gao Ma kept a smal cassette player in his pocket, listening to it with earphones.· She put a tape in the cassette player but didn't hear the music.

► disc

· They stole a television, compact disc player, an amplifier and some speakers, worth a total of £900.· One often felt assaulted, as if the volume had been turned up on a cheap compact disc player.· We've fitted a compact disc player and protected it with a new security system.· You might also want to add a cassette tape player or compact disc player, neither of which the tester had.· It will also control lighting, curtains and the audio system with compact disc player.· We designed motorized shopping carts with everything from compact disc players to built-in price scanners.· Read in studio Now, imagine being able to show a feature film on your television from an ordinary compact disc player.· Today, portable optical disc players are also emerging.

► football

· They made our football players look a bit weak because of all the big shoulder pads and everything.· You can even call an acrobat or a football player great.· In the first case, a 17-year-old high school football player struck his head on the ground while being tackled.· He was a star athlete at Springfield College, a football player and track-and-field star.· One more jarring landing on an injury that would have sent football players four times her size hobbling to the bench.· The football player explained patiently to anyone who would listen that the name was chosen for him, not by him.

► midfield

· Middlesbrough will offer new contracts in the summer to full back Jimmy Phillips and midfield player Mark Proctor.· The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.· Boro midfield player Graham Kavanagh was voted the best player in the tournament.· Then again I think to enable Speed and Macca to get forward we need a holding midfield player.· Pool are helping former Newcastle United midfield player Michael Parkinson to recover from injury.· As an advanced midfield player he s ok, but as an out and out striker ... Please!!· The midfield player broke an arm during the midweek draw with Arsenal and will be in plaster for six weeks.· The Wimbledon midfield player officially lodged an appeal with the Football Association against his £20,000 fine and six-month suspended ban.

► record

· Hatton said something about buying him a record player for a wedding present.· There was a thumping noise coming from above that was a record player.· She sold her record player to Eric from the top floor.· But we didn't have a record player, so every night we'd get it out and look at it.· There was no television set, no record player, not even a radio.· We cleared the old billiard room of furniture and put on the record player, and danced reels.· There was a crash downstairs as some one knocked the record player over.· Even now, record players and radios could be heard.

► rugby

· He was of International standard as a rugby player and captain of cricket.· He was a promising young rugby player, either at full-back or three-quarter.· First, that rugby players are a highly intelligent, dedicated and wise bunch.· It was hardly a situation conducive to producing a relaxed and committed rugby player, just newly married.· Harris was a large man, energetic, powerfully built, and a keen boxer and rugby player in his youth.· Nostalgia tends to be an acute instinct in most sportsmen: in rugby players it can be positively overwhelming.· In those days rugby was for rugby players, not spectators.

► tennis

· He's not a bad tennis player, though cricket's really his game.· If Stefan Edberg is your kind of tennis player, stick to cognac.· She won three Olympic medals and is still considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.· From Seles down, the list of competitors reads like a who's who of international tennis players.· He dates Ann Grossman, a professional tennis player.· Originally from Plymouth, she was a very keen squash and tennis player before suffering a knee injury at skiing.· In her youth Amy had been an avid tennis player.

VERB► become

· Sturgeon became over-protective of his players to an impossible degree.· It has warned the site could become a danger to players if repairs are not carried out.· So the bargaining takes on a nouveau comic tone, and we all become role players in the funny business.· Under her leadership, our chapter also became a major player on the local political scene.· Some kids dream of becoming a major-league baseball player.

► play

· If the monster can play and/or the class player is big and good in the air, that is a bonus.· I am going to play with different players to see if I can find a new partner.· On one occasion, a socialist game was played, in which players took the parts of rich and poor countries.· A: It is difficult because you are playing the best players.· Woodward believes the quintuplet would benefit from playing alongside and against players of National League First Division and international standard.· I made a point of playing all my players in the first two days.· I would be playing the greatest squash player ever in 12 hours' time.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a CD/record/video etc player

But nomes hear sounds slowed down and stretched out and deeper, like a record player in a power cut.
But we didn't have a record player, so every night we'd get it out and look at it.
Hatton said something about buying him a record player for a wedding present.
Inside she found a record player and some old 78s.
There is also a video player, 2 pool tables and a good sound system.
There was a thumping noise coming from above that was a record player.
You will, of course, need a video source which can either be a video player or camera.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ace pilot/player/skier etc► marquee player, actor etc► be no mean performer/player etc

Kinnock fils, who is no mean performer on the rugby field, has developed a taste for academe.

► musician/player/car etc of the year

A former Car of the Year winner, it has done well on the Continent but has been under-rated here.
All won national Player of the Year honors during their Bruins careers.
Going up against league player of the year Mary Raskauskas, Thompson tallied 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season, but they've let me have him for six months.
On defense, Mutombo, the three-time defensive player of the year, hung around the lane to block and alter shots.
Then came the news of Price, the two-time City 4-A Player of the Year.

WORD FAMILYnounplayinterplayreplayplayerplayfulnessverbplayoutplayreplayadjectiveplayfulplayableadverbplayfully

单词	player
释义	playerplay‧er /ˈpleɪə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a bass player a game for four players a tennis player He is recognized as the world's greatest chess player. I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player. It's now the turn of player number three. Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college. One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field. One of the players has been sent off the field. Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year. She sang "I'll Fly Away," accompanied by two guitar players. Simpson is a talented singer and piano player. The school has a reputation for producing top-class football players. Up to six players can play this game on-line. Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It happened - whether by accident or design Olivia didn't know-that she and the Nawab were the last two players left. Macintosh computers come with a player that can handle a variety of sound formats. On the pitch I had noticed that the players had become a little more tense. The four bench players Miami used played 57 minutes, took nine shots and missed seven of them. The next step is to talk to the player. You have a defender, you have an offensive player. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who plays a game► player · a game for four players· Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year.good player (=good at playing a game) · I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player.· Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips. ► opponent someone who plays against another person in a game: · Brownlee regards Reaney as his most difficult opponent.· My opponent was much older than I was. ► team a group of people who play against another group in a game: · You're the best person on the team.· Pub quiz teams often have really silly names.team captain/manager etc: · Nasser Hussain, the England team captain, was injured in the game against the West Indies. someone who plays music► musician someone who plays a musical instrument very well or someone who does this as their job: · Ellen is one of our most talented young musicians.· The group is made up of local musicians who have been performing together for several years. ► performer someone who sings or plays a musical instrument in order to entertain people: · Most performers feel nervous before they go on stage.· The festival provides an opportunity to hear some fine blues performers at reasonable prices. ► player : guitar/piano/trumpet etc player (=someone who plays a particular musical instrument) · Simpson is a talented singer and piano player.· She sang "I'll Fly Away," accompanied by two guitar players. ► accompanist someone who plays a musical instrument while someone else sings or plays the main tune: · I'd be happy to sing, but I'll need an accompanist.· Pianist Tommy Flanagan is among the finest accompanists in jazz history. ► soloist someone who plays or sings the main part of a piece of music alone, or with a musical group supporting them: · There will be four soloists in tonight's performance.· Violin soloist Jessica Solano will perform Mozart's Concerto No. 4. ► street musician also busker British someone who plays music in a public place such as a street or railway station, so that people will give them money: · A street musician sat on the other side of the courtyard, banging a drum.· In the summer, buskers fill the town's streets and public squares. someone who plays a game or does a sport► player someone who takes part in a game or competition: · One of the players has been sent off the field.baseball/tennis/chess etc player: · He is recognized as the world's greatest chess player.· The school has a reputation for producing top-class football players. ► competitor someone who is competing, especially against a lot of people, in a particular game or competition: · The competitors tonight come from all over the world.· The competitors in the 100m sprint are being asked to take their places at the start. ► contestant someone who takes part in a competition or game: · Contestants for the game show go through a tough selection process.· a beauty pageant contestant ► sportsman/sportswoman someone who takes part in and is usually good at a sport, especially as a profession: · Tonight we remember one of the greatest sportsmen of our time.· The prizes are being presented by sportswoman Tessa Sanderson.· He won the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award in 1999. someone who does a sport► player someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: · One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.baseball/basketball etc player: · Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college. ► sportsman/sportswoman someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: · Every top sportsman needs the motivation of a fresh challenge.· Today's professional sportsmen can expect to earn enormous sums of money.· Mrs Hashimoto described herself as a keen sportswoman, fond of golf, tennis and swimming. ► athlete someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars: · The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.· Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.· It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs. someone who takes part in something► participant formal someone who takes part in an organized event or activity: · This summer's children's art program had 14 participants.· At the end of the conference, all the participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire.participant in: · Reyes is an active participant in the protest movement. ► competitor someone who takes part in a race, game, or competition: · One of the competitors hurt her leg during the race.· Twenty-seven competitors from around the country will take part in Sunday's monster truck rally. ► entrant formal someone who takes part in a competition: · Davis was selected from 200,000 entrants to win the trip to the Super Bowl.· The winning entrant will receive a scholarship to the famous college of art and a year's supply of artist's materials. ► contestant someone who takes part in a competition or game, especially one that is judged by a group of judges: · Suzanne was a beauty-queen contestant in college.· The questions that contestants must answer get more difficult as the game goes on. ► entry the piece of work or answer which someone has sent to be judged in a competition: · All entries for the contest must be received by September 11.· Her entry in the "Funniest Photo Contest" won third prize.· Organizers of the Lawson short story competition have received over 100,000 entries. ► involved the people involved are the people who are taking part or who took part in an activity or event: · In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved.· Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.· Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved. ► player someone who takes part in a game: · Up to six players can play this game on-line.· It's now the turn of player number three.· WORD SETS► Music a cappella, adjectiveaccelerando, adjectiveaccompaniment, nounaccompanist, nounaccompany, verbaccordion, nounacid house, nounacoustic, adjectiveadagio, nounallegro, nounandante, adjectiveandante, nounanthem, nounaria, nounarpeggio, nounarr., arrange, verbarrangement, nounatonal, adjectiveback, verbbacking, nounbagpipes, nounbalalaika, nounballad, nounband, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbandstand, nounbanjo, nounbar, nounbarbershop, nounbaritone, nounbarrel organ, nounbass, nounbass, adjectivebass clef, nounbass guitar, nounbassist, nounbassoon, nounbaton, nounbeat, verbbeat, nounbebop, nounblast, verbblow, verbbluegrass, nounbolero, nounbongos, nounboogie, nounbootleg, nounbow, nounbow, verbbrass band, nounbreve, nounbridge, nounbugle, nounbusk, verbC, nouncabaret, nouncadence, nouncadenza, nouncalypso, nounC & W, canon, nouncantata, nouncanticle, nouncantor, nouncarillon, nouncarol, nouncarol, verbcastanets, nouncatchy, adjectivecellist, nouncello, nounchamber music, nounchamber orchestra, nounchant, verbchant, nounchoir, nounchoirboy, nounchoral, adjectivechorale, nounchord, nounchorister, nounchorus, nounChristmas carol, nounchromatic, adjectiveclapper, nounclarinet, nounclavichord, nounclef, nouncoda, nouncoloratura, nouncombo, nouncompose, verbcomposer, nounconcert, nounconcertgoer, nounconcertina, nounconcertmaster, nounconcerto, nounconduct, verbconductor, nounconsonant, adjectiveconsort, nouncontinuo, nouncontrabass, nouncontralto, nouncor anglais, nouncornet, nouncounterpoint, nouncountertenor, nouncountry and western, nouncountry music, nouncover, verbcover, nouncrescendo, nouncroon, verbcrotchet, nouncut, verbcymbal, nounD, noundamper, noundance, noundance band, noundemo, noundescant, noundidgeridoo, noundiminuendo, noundirge, noundisc jockey, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedissonance, nounditty, nounDixieland, noundo, noundoh, noundominant, noundouble bass, noundownbeat, noundrum, noundrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrum kit, noundrum major, noundrummer, noundrumming, noundrum-roll, noundrumstick, noundub, nounduet, noundulcimer, nounduo, nounear, nouneasy listening, nouneighth note, nounelevator music, nounencore, interjectionensemble, nounexpression, nounf., fa, nounfalsetto, nounfanfare, nounfantasia, nounfiddle, nounfiddler, nounfife, nounfinale, nounfingering, nounflat, adjectiveflat, nounflat, adverbflautist, nounfloor show, nounflourish, nounflute, nounfolk, nounfolk, adjectivefolk music, nounforte, nounforte, adjectivefortissimo, adjectiveforty-five, nounFrench horn, nounfret, nounfugue, nounfunk, nounfunky, adjectiveg, gamelan, noungig, noungig, verbglee club, nounglide, nounglockenspiel, noungong, noungospel, noungrand, noungrand opera, noungrand piano, nounGregorian chant, noungroup, nounguitar, nounhalf note, nounhalf step, nounhammer, nounhard rock, nounharmonic, adjectiveharmonica, nounharmonium, nounharmonize, verbharmony, nounharp, nounharpsichord, nounheavy metal, nounhigh, adjectivehigh-pitched, adjectivehip hop, nounhorn, nounhot, adjectivehouse music, nounhurdy-gurdy, nounhymn, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounimprovise, verbincidental music, nouninstrument, nouninstrumental, adjectiveinstrumental, nouninstrumentalist, nouninstrumentation, nouninterlude, nouninterval, nounjam, verbjam session, nounjazz, nounjazzy, adjectivejig, nounjingle, nounjungle, nounkaraoke, nounkazoo, nounkettledrum, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkey signature, nounla, nounlament, nounlargo, adjectiveleader, nounledger line, nounlegato, adjectiveleitmotif, nounlento, adjectivelibrettist, nounlibretto, nounlilt, nounlullaby, nounlute, nounlyre, nounlyric, adjectivelyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounlyricist, nounmadrigal, nounmaestro, nounmajor, adjectivemale-voice choir, nounmandolin, nounmaracas, nounmarch, nounmarching band, nounmariachi, nounmarimba, nounmasterclass, nounmedley, nounmellifluous, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemelody, nounmetronome, nounmezzo-soprano, nounmi, nounmiddle C, nounminim, nounminor, adjectiveminstrel, nounminuet, nounmodal, adjectivemode, nounmoderato, adjectivemodulate, verbmolto, adverbmood music, nounmotif, nounmouth organ, nounmouthpiece, nounmovement, nounmusic, nounmusical, adjectivemusical, nounmusical instrument, nounmusically, adverbmusician, nounmusicianship, nounmusicology, nounmusic stand, nounmute, verbmute, nounMuzak, nounnational anthem, nounnatural, adjectivenatural, nounNegro spiritual, nounnocturne, nounnote, nounnumber, nounnumber one, nounnursery rhyme, nounoboe, nounoctave, nounoctet, nounoff-key, adjectiveone-man band, nounopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounopus, nounoratorio, nounorchestra, nounorchestral, adjectiveorchestra pit, nounorchestrate, verborgan, nounorgan grinder, nounorganist, nounovertone, nounoverture, nounp., panpipes, nounpart, nounpart-song, nounpause, nounpeal, verbpedal, nounpeg, nounpenny whistle, nounpercussion, nounperfect pitch, nounPhilharmonic, adjectivephrase, nounphrase, verbphrasing, nounpianissimo, adjectivepianist, nounpiano, nounpiano, adjectivepianola, nounpiccolo, nounpick, verbpick, nounpipe, verbpiped music, nounpiper, nounpitch, nounpitch, verbpizzicato, nounplainchant, nounplainsong, nounplay, verbplayer, nounplayer piano, nounplectrum, nounpluck, verbpolyphony, nounpop, nounpop group, nounpop music, nounpop star, nounprelude, nounpresto, adjectivepresto, nounprima donna, nounproduction number, nounpromenade concert, nounpsaltery, nounpunk, nounquarter note, nounquartet, nounquaver, nounquintet, nounR & B, nounrag, nounraga, nounragga, nounragtime, nounrange, nounrap, nounrap, verbrapper, nounrecital, nounrecitative, nounrecord, nounrecorder, nounreed, nounrefrain, nounreggae, nounregister, nounremaster, verbrendering, nounrendition, nounrepeat, nounrequest, nounrequiem, nounresonator, nounrest, nounrhapsody, nounrhythm, nounrhythm and blues, nounrhythm section, nounriff, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrock, nounrock and roll, nounrock music, nounrock 'n' roll, nounrondo, nounrostrum, nounround, nounrumba, nounrun, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsaxophone, nounsaxophonist, nounscale, nounscat, nounscherzo, nounscore, nounscore, verbsemibreve, nounsemiquaver, nounsemitone, nounseptet, nounserenade, nounserenade, verbset, nounsetting, nounsextet, nounshanty, nounsharp, adverbsharp, nounsheet music, nounsight-read, verbsignature tune, nounsing, verbsinger, nounsinger-songwriter, nounsingle, nounsitar, nounsixteenth note, nounska, nounskiffle, nounslide, nounslur, verbslur, nounsnare drum, nounso, nounsol, nounsol-fa, nounsolo, adjectivesolo, nounsoloist, nounsonata, nounsong, nounsongbook, nounsongster, nounsongwriter, nounsoprano, nounsoprano, adjectivesoul, nounsoundtrack, nounspiritual, nounsqueezebox, nounstaccato, adverbstaff, nounstandard, nounStar-Spangled Banner, the, stave, nounsteel band, nounsteel guitar, nounstep, nounstring, verbstringed instrument, nounstrum, verbstudy, nounsuite, nounswell, nounswing, nounsymphony, nounsyncopated, adjectivesyncopation, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbsynthesizer, nountabla, nountabor, nountambourine, nountechno, nountempo, nountenor, nountenor, adjectiveTex-Mex, adjectivetheme, nounthrash, nounthrenody, nounthrob, verbti, nountimbrel, nountime, nountime signature, nountimpani, nountoccata, nountom-tom, nountonal, adjectivetonality, nountone, nountone-deaf, adjectivetone poem, nountonic, nountootle, verbtrack, nountranscribe, verbtranspose, verbtreble, nountreble, adjectivetreble clef, nountremolo, nountriangle, nountrill, nountrombone, nountrumpet, nountuba, nountune, nountune, verbtuneful, adjectivetuneless, adjectivetuning fork, nountuning peg, nounukulele, noununaccompanied, adjectiveupright piano, nounvalve, nounvariation, nounverse, nounvibes, nounvibraphone, nounvibrato, nounviola, nounviolin, nounviolinist, nounvirginals, nounvirtuoso, nounvivace, adjectivevocal, adjectivevocal, nounvocalist, nounvoice, nounvoluntary, nounwaltz, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwhole note, nounwind instrument, nounwoodwind, nounxylophone, nounyodel, verbyodel, nounzither, nounzydeco, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a major/dominant/key etc player a firm that is a dominant player on Wall Street COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a CD player (=a piece of equipment for playing CDs)· She switched off the CD player. ► a chess player · Today, many chess players have online games. ► a cricket player · He used to be a professional cricket player. ► a football player · Like many little boys, his ambition was to be a football player. ► a key player · He won’t leave key players out of the team. ► a piano player COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big · There are enough big money players cut down in their prime to give the new boy nightmares.· The multimillionaire has slowly faded from the industry in the past decade but has been eager to be a big player again.· Encouraged by the new legislation, he sought to become a big player on the local production scene.· Millard may well be the biggest player in Division I basketball this season.· Round-table talks, bringing together the heads of the republics and other big players, could lower the tension.· The selloff in tech stocks happened, and the big players at aggressive growth funds started buying REITs.· Even some of the bigger players are cautious.· The slowdown has dented the bottom lines of some of the biggest players in the market. ► good · By close observation we can also detect two classes of players amongst our best piano players.· Ironically, most of his better players fled anyway and the great teams of 1971-75 were quickly reduced to non-contenders.· Steffi Graf is the best woman player of all time.· Rice is rated the better pass rusher, Hardy the better all-around player.· Personally I think Rocky's a better player than White.· They got some pretty good players in this division.· I think Shutt is a very good player, and I m happy with that deal.· We still have lots of good players. ► great · But Fifa's latest proposals concede greater powers to players and consequently give little protection to the clubs.· Parker, for all his reputation as an iconoclast and innovator, was one of the greatest blues players ever.· He learned a lot then, and he is now maturing into a great player.· His value only is to a team that believes it is one great player away from a title.· Hence our shortage of great players.· Phil was a great player in college.· A few days before he had been witnessed on a squash court with the greatest player in the sport's history.· Was he a greater football player than he was a hero? ► key · If communities there are to survive, women are the key players.· Principals are key players and are encouraged to take the lead to ensure that identification procedures are implemented.· Dale Baker and David Gibson are now key players in Bright's new look side, both made 70's.· In the 1930s, they were key players in lettuce strikes in Salinas.· The series dramatized the struggle by portraying the key players on both sides and probing their motives and strategies.· Therefore, they were key players in those new integrated teams. ► major · All the major players now offer a range of minimum price contracts, which will use options and futures indirectly.· Three of the six were major players.· Heavy investment and brand support is promised by all the major players this year.· To their surprise, many then become major players within their academic settings.· Software houses will be the target and major players like Lotus Development and Borland are reportedly starting to kick Bristol's tyres.· Enron is expected to be a major player in the new California market.· Saatchi people always know the value of mixing it with major international players.· That means they could go after high-priced, proven major league players. ► other · At four or five-all in games, other players lapse their concentration.· Six other players could miss the final if cautioned again.· By contrast opinion in the occupied territories concerning these other players was hardening rather than softening.· He left the field wide open for whatever the other players in this charming charade might suggest.· As ever, what happens depends upon the other player.· He is best left alone, and needs neither help nor interference from other players.· Even the other players stopped to watch.· When he took up the game, there were no other young players around. ► team · The move is more about eliminating boundaries, developing best practice, and working together as team players.· Now, it was being brought home, one manager said, that they were expected to be team players.· Both, though, are team players, rather than individuals, and they should dovetail impressively into the Wigan set-up.· But I became sort of a team player, although still pretty radical.· How do you get on with your colleagues-are you an active team-player?· Jody wants Red to be more of a team player.· But she is a team player, and she knows what to say.· Can employees continue to be team players if they are rewarded only for individual performance? ► top · The Eagles have infuriated their fans by letting top quality players join the free-agency merry-go-round.· It seems that they are designed and marketed to challenge the world's top players to the extreme.· Read in studio One of the world's top snooker players has been gracing an unlikely stage.· How can we attract players to the sport if a top class player is advocating potentially dangerous play?· This is Sue Wright, one of the world's top squash players.· It means he can not meet another top eight player until the quarter-finals. ► well · He will tell you he has been left a better player and a better person.· Even amid so much emotional and physical upheaval, however, Maxwell made himself a better player.· As to Levi being a better all-round player, let's go to our year-end statistics.· Ironically, most of his better players fled anyway and the great teams of 1971-75 were quickly reduced to non-contenders.· Now it's rarely the case that the replacement is actually a better player than the so-called old fellow.· Nick Faldo may be a better player, but Ballesteros is a better golfer.· You will discover, especially with the better players, that particular drills are valuable in ironing out their weaknesses.· Although Meriwether was by far the better player of the game, in a single hand anything could happen. ► young · He was the young player who had made such an impression on me during my year on the amateur tour.· Whiting had 18 points, and consistently frustrated the Lasers' young post players.· She was in East Kilbride to give a masterclass to promising young players.· If numbers continue to increase it is hoped to institute a training Wind Band for younger players.· The pull down menus make the game easy to play and the smooth animation help keep the interest of younger players.· This led to young players being drafted into top-class soccer before their abilities had had time to mature.· Jamie, 18, is Boro's young player of the year while Sean, also 18, plays for the Quakers.· Afterwards he told me that one or two of the younger players in the orchestra had never played the overture before. NOUN► basketball · Read in studio Oxford University has been banned from fielding one of its best-ever basketball players ... because she's a woman.· In another episode, Sanger directed an actor whose son is another former Montclair Prep basketball player.· Along with rap artists and basketball players, these are the black men the black boys look up to.· She then became a star basketball player in high school, taking her team to the state championship.· Smith went on to the University of Kansas as a basketball player and then on to his legendary coaching career.· We look at lots and lots of basketball players.· Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player, first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.· She had to be a basketball player. ► cassette · Anyone with a home cassette player can testify to the questionable long-term durability of tape recordings.· Some studies of portable cassette players found that test subjects used headphones at levels ranging from 65-112 decibels.· You may want to install a few luxuries like a portable television, radio / cassette player or a telephone extension.· One reason cassette players and other consumer electronics are played so loud, Hull said, is the phenomenon of auditory adaption.· The amount of explosive hidden in the radio cassette player which destroyed the aircraft was not detectable by any X-ray equipment.· Gao Ma kept a smal cassette player in his pocket, listening to it with earphones.· She put a tape in the cassette player but didn't hear the music. ► disc · They stole a television, compact disc player, an amplifier and some speakers, worth a total of £900.· One often felt assaulted, as if the volume had been turned up on a cheap compact disc player.· We've fitted a compact disc player and protected it with a new security system.· You might also want to add a cassette tape player or compact disc player, neither of which the tester had.· It will also control lighting, curtains and the audio system with compact disc player.· We designed motorized shopping carts with everything from compact disc players to built-in price scanners.· Read in studio Now, imagine being able to show a feature film on your television from an ordinary compact disc player.· Today, portable optical disc players are also emerging. ► football · They made our football players look a bit weak because of all the big shoulder pads and everything.· You can even call an acrobat or a football player great.· In the first case, a 17-year-old high school football player struck his head on the ground while being tackled.· He was a star athlete at Springfield College, a football player and track-and-field star.· One more jarring landing on an injury that would have sent football players four times her size hobbling to the bench.· The football player explained patiently to anyone who would listen that the name was chosen for him, not by him. ► midfield · Middlesbrough will offer new contracts in the summer to full back Jimmy Phillips and midfield player Mark Proctor.· The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.· Boro midfield player Graham Kavanagh was voted the best player in the tournament.· Then again I think to enable Speed and Macca to get forward we need a holding midfield player.· Pool are helping former Newcastle United midfield player Michael Parkinson to recover from injury.· As an advanced midfield player he s ok, but as an out and out striker ... Please!!· The midfield player broke an arm during the midweek draw with Arsenal and will be in plaster for six weeks.· The Wimbledon midfield player officially lodged an appeal with the Football Association against his £20,000 fine and six-month suspended ban. ► record · Hatton said something about buying him a record player for a wedding present.· There was a thumping noise coming from above that was a record player.· She sold her record player to Eric from the top floor.· But we didn't have a record player, so every night we'd get it out and look at it.· There was no television set, no record player, not even a radio.· We cleared the old billiard room of furniture and put on the record player, and danced reels.· There was a crash downstairs as some one knocked the record player over.· Even now, record players and radios could be heard. ► rugby · He was of International standard as a rugby player and captain of cricket.· He was a promising young rugby player, either at full-back or three-quarter.· First, that rugby players are a highly intelligent, dedicated and wise bunch.· It was hardly a situation conducive to producing a relaxed and committed rugby player, just newly married.· Harris was a large man, energetic, powerfully built, and a keen boxer and rugby player in his youth.· Nostalgia tends to be an acute instinct in most sportsmen: in rugby players it can be positively overwhelming.· In those days rugby was for rugby players, not spectators. ► tennis · He's not a bad tennis player, though cricket's really his game.· If Stefan Edberg is your kind of tennis player, stick to cognac.· She won three Olympic medals and is still considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.· From Seles down, the list of competitors reads like a who's who of international tennis players.· He dates Ann Grossman, a professional tennis player.· Originally from Plymouth, she was a very keen squash and tennis player before suffering a knee injury at skiing.· In her youth Amy had been an avid tennis player. VERB► become · Sturgeon became over-protective of his players to an impossible degree.· It has warned the site could become a danger to players if repairs are not carried out.· So the bargaining takes on a nouveau comic tone, and we all become role players in the funny business.· Under her leadership, our chapter also became a major player on the local political scene.· Some kids dream of becoming a major-league baseball player. ► play · If the monster can play and/or the class player is big and good in the air, that is a bonus.· I am going to play with different players to see if I can find a new partner.· On one occasion, a socialist game was played, in which players took the parts of rich and poor countries.· A: It is difficult because you are playing the best players.· Woodward believes the quintuplet would benefit from playing alongside and against players of National League First Division and international standard.· I made a point of playing all my players in the first two days.· I would be playing the greatest squash player ever in 12 hours' time. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a CD/record/video etc player But nomes hear sounds slowed down and stretched out and deeper, like a record player in a power cut. But we didn't have a record player, so every night we'd get it out and look at it. Hatton said something about buying him a record player for a wedding present. Inside she found a record player and some old 78s. There is also a video player, 2 pool tables and a good sound system. There was a thumping noise coming from above that was a record player. You will, of course, need a video source which can either be a video player or camera. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ace pilot/player/skier etc► marquee player, actor etc► be no mean performer/player etc Kinnock fils, who is no mean performer on the rugby field, has developed a taste for academe. ► musician/player/car etc of the year A former Car of the Year winner, it has done well on the Continent but has been under-rated here. All won national Player of the Year honors during their Bruins careers. Going up against league player of the year Mary Raskauskas, Thompson tallied 17 points and 10 rebounds. Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season, but they've let me have him for six months. On defense, Mutombo, the three-time defensive player of the year, hung around the lane to block and alter shots. Then came the news of Price, the two-time City 4-A Player of the Year. Word family WORD FAMILYnounplayinterplayreplayplayerplayfulnessverbplayoutplayreplayadjectiveplayfulplayableadverbplayfully 1someone who takes part in a game or sport: a basketball player2one of the important people, companies, countries etc that is involved in and influences a situation, especially one involving competitiona major/dominant/key etc player a firm that is a dominant player on Wall Streetplayer in/on a key player in world affairs3a CD/record/video etc player a machine that is used to play CDs, videos etc4someone who plays a musical instrument: a guitar player5a man who has sexual relationships with many different women6old-fashioned an actor → key mover/player at key1
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