play around

英 [pleɪ əˈraʊnd]

美 [pleɪ əˈraʊnd]

逗乐; 玩闹; 反复琢磨; 自由调换…的排列顺序

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 逗乐；玩闹
  If youplay around, you behave in a silly way to amuse yourself or other people.
  1. Stop playing around and eat!...
     别逗了，快吃吧！
  2. There was no doubt he was serious, it wasn't just playing around...
     毫无疑问他很认真，那可不是闹着玩的。
  3. Had he taken the keys and played around with her car?
     他是不是拿过车钥匙，开着她的车子玩儿？
• PHRASAL VERB 反复琢磨；自由调换…的排列顺序
  If youplay around witha problem or an arrangement of objects, you try different ways of organizing it in order to find the best solution or arrangement.
  1. I can play around with the pictures to make them more eye-catching.
     我可以尝试用不同的方式排列这些图片以使它们更加吸引眼球。
• PHRASAL VERB 鬼混；搞不正当性关系
  If someoneplays around, they have sex with people other than the person they are married to or having a serious relationship with.
  1. Up to 75 per cent of married men may be playing around...
     多达75%的已婚男士可能在外拈花惹草。
  2. Robert was playing around with another woman.
     罗伯特和另一个女人乱搞。
• See also:play

英英释义

verb

• work with in an amateurish manner
  1. She dabbles in astronomy
  2. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
  Synonym:dabblesmatter
• commit adultery
  1. he plays around a lot
  Synonym:fool around

双语例句

• The old man told the children not to play around the pond.
  老汉叫孩子们不要在水塘附近玩耍。
• So, please play around with this powerful setting if you really know what you're doing only!
  只有在你真的知道你在干什么时再改这个极具威力的设定。
• I can play around with the pictures to make them more eye-catching.
  我可以尝试用不同的方式排列这些图片以使它们更加吸引眼球。
• I do not recommend to play around with them.
  我不建议你们折腾这个。
• I like to play around seaside.
  我喜欢在海边玩。
• But this is the way we play around, so we just do it.
  不过这是游戏规则，我们照做就是了。
• And I brought one of those as well that you can play around with outside afterward.
  我也带来了其中一种，你们可以演讲后在外面玩玩看。
• For the short-term, you should play around with various XML documents and see what you can discover.
  您将在很短的时间内学习各种不同的xml文档，让我们看看您究竟能发现些什么。
• PDA users want to be able to run new applications, store data, and play around.
  PDA用户希望能够运行新的应用程序、存储数据并以后再使用这些程序和数据。
• I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore.
  我不再是个小孩了，我不再在树下玩耍了。