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plaything

/pley-thing/US // ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ //UK // (ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ) //

玩物,玩具,玩艺儿,玩意

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a thing to play with; toy.
    • : a person who is used capriciously and selfishly by another.

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Examples

  • Yet while receiving a fair amount of criticism, Branson’s flight heralds a key step towards making space travel more accessible than ever before—even if it does just seem like a plaything for the world’s richest men right now.

  • In the end, he seems as much the plaything of circumstances as any of the hapless victims of the despised 47%.

  • Virginia Roberts, now 27, who was Epstein's sexual plaything for several years, told the Mail on Sunday.

  • Was the handsome young Roberts earning his keep as a sexual plaything for these women?

  • The three spent an hour discussing the new “plaything,” as Mr. Norwood insisted upon calling it.

  • In every vessel the men must have a plaything, and Jack served his bigger comrades admirably in that capacity.

  • Little Tommy was the only creature on earth that loved him,—his only treasure, his only plaything.

  • It was a dreamer's plaything and I bought it with scant savings that should have been spent on another project.

  • I put down in haste and with an agitated pen the terrible events of which I have been the plaything for the last few days.