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play possum 的定义

  1. To pretend to be dead, a trick used by opossums to defend themselves from predators: “Everyone thought the old con man had died, but it turned out he was just playing possum.” By extension, it also means “to pretend to be asleep, or to lie low”: “Come on, Harry, open your door. You can't play possum forever.”

play possum 近义词

v. 动词 verb

pretend to be dead

更多play possum例句

  1. Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
  2. Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
  3. He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
  4. When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
  5. Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.
  6. I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
  7. But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
  8. To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
  9. Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
  10. Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."