| 单词 | playdown |
| 释义 | playdownor play-down[ pley-doun ] / ˈpleɪˌdaʊn / noun Chiefly Canadian.a play-off. Origin of playdownFirst recorded in 1935–40; play + down1 Words nearby playdownplayclothes, play date, playday, play doctor, Play-Doh, playdown, played out, player, player character, player piano, play fair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for playdownplay down verb(tr, adverb) to make little or light of; minimize the importance of Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with playdownplay down Make little of, minimize the importance of, as in A skillful salesman plays down the drawbacks of the product and emphasizes its good features. [First half of 1900s] play down to. Lower one's standards to meet the demands of someone, as in Some stand-up comics deliberately play down to the vulgar taste of their audiences. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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