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单词 playact
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
play•act /ˈpleɪˌækt/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. to engage in make-believe.
  2. to be insincere;
    pretend.
play•act•ing, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
play•act  (plā′akt′),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to engage in make-believe.
  2. to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.:It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
  3. to perform in a play.

v.t. 
  1. to dramatize (something):They playacted the movements of a burglar.
  • 1895–1900; back formation from playacting; see play, act, -ing1
play′act′ing, n. 
play′ac′tor, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
play-act vb
  1. (intransitive) to pretend or make believe
  2. (intransitive) to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner
  3. to act in or as in (a play)

ˈplay-ˌacting n ˈplay-ˌactor n
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