1. out of play : 死球；
2. play up : 加油；
3. play down : 贬低；
4. play off : 使出丑, 延长比赛以破平局, 使相斗, (用欺骗手段)使...脱手；
5. in play : 开玩笑地；
6. come into play : 开始活动；
7. allow full play to : 使充分活动；
8. play around with : 在一起厮混; 玩弄; 戏弄；
9. play hard to get : 假装不钟情于对方使对方更加喜欢自己；
10. play up to : 支持, 奉承；
11. make a play for : 挖空心思吸引某人, 想尽办法获得某物；
12. play high : 豪赌；
13. play smash with : 摧毁；
14. play at : 参加(体育活动、比赛等), 假装, 戏弄, 敷衍；
15. play it safe : 求稳, 不冒险；
16. make play : 行动有效；
17. give free play to : 使任意活动；
18. play out : 把戏演完, 使耗尽, 使筋疲力尽, 放出, 用完, 使破产, 宣泄, 结束；
19. play away : 在外比赛, 输掉, 浪费掉(时间等)；
20. as good as a play : 有趣；
21. play with fire : 玩火；
22. play hard : (比赛者)使劲, 不择手段；
23. play along with : 参与, 对...假表同意；
及物动词
不及物动词
名词
Have no stomach for-(对……没有兴趣)
排球赛
建议
1. 玩；玩耍
When children, animals, or perhaps adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
2. 参加（体育活动、比赛等）
When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
3. （和…）比赛
When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game.
4. （比赛等中）打出，踢出，击出（球）
When you play the ball or play a shot in a game or sport, you kick or hit the ball.
5. 开（玩笑）；耍（花招）；搞（恶作剧）
If you play a joke or a trick on someone, you deceive them or give them a surprise in a way that you think is funny, but that often causes problems for them or annoys them.
6. 随意摆弄；弄着玩
If you play with an object or with your hair, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers, perhaps because you are bored or nervous.
7. 剧本；戏剧
A play is a piece of writing which is performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television.
8. 扮演，饰演（角色等）
If an actor plays a role or character in a play or film, he or she performs the part of that character.
9. 装扮；假装；充当
You can use play to describe how someone behaves, when they are deliberately behaving in a certain way or like a certain type of person. For example, to play the innocent, means to pretend to be innocent, and to play deaf means to pretend not to hear something.
10. （以…方式）对待，处置，处理
You can describe how someone deals with a situation by saying that they play it in a certain way. For example, if someone plays it cool, they keep calm and do not show much emotion, and if someone plays it straight, they behave in an honest and direct way.
11. 演奏（乐器或乐曲）
If you play a musical instrument or play a tune on a musical instrument, or if a musical instrument plays, music is produced from it.
12. 播放（唱片、CD或磁带）
If you play a record, a CD, or a tape, you put it into a machine and sound is produced. If a record, CD, or tape is playing, sound is being produced from it.
13. （音乐家、乐队等）表演；举办（音乐会）
If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to.
14. （光）轻快地移动
When light plays somewhere, it moves about on a surface in an unsteady way.
15. 搞什么名堂；干什么蠢事
If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
16. （使）开始活动；（使）投入使用； （使）开始起作用
When something comes into play or is brought into play, it begins to be used or to have an effect.
17. （在…中）发挥作用，产生影响
If something or someone plays a part or plays a role in a situation, they are involved in it and have an effect on it.
18. to play ball - see ball
to play your cards right - see card
to play it by ear - see ear
to play fair - see fair
to play fast and loose - see fast
to play second fiddle - see fiddle
to play the field - see field
to play with fire - see fire
to play the fool - see fool
to play to the gallery - see gallery
to play into someone's hands - see hand
to play hard to get - see hard
to play havoc - see havoc
to play host - see host
to play safe - see safe
to play for time - see time
to play truant - see truant
相关词组：play alongplay aroundplay atplay backplay downplay off againstplay onplay outplay upplay upon
1. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Synonym: swordplay
2. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
e.g. his gambling cost him a fortune
there was heavy play at the blackjack table
3. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
e.g. Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child
Synonym: child's play
4. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
e.g. it is my turn
it is still my play
Synonym: turn
5. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
e.g. it was all done in play
their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
Synonym: frolicrompgambolcaper
6. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
e.g. he made a great maneuver
the runner was out on a play by the shortstop
7. a preset plan of action in team sports
e.g. the coach drew up the plays for her team
8. an attempt to get something
e.g. they made a futile play for power
he made a bid to gain attention
Synonym: bid
9. utilization or exercise
e.g. the play of the imagination
10. movement or space for movement
e.g. there was too much play in the steering wheel
Synonym: looseness
11. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
e.g. he became a figure of fun
he said it in sport
12. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
e.g. he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway
Synonym: dramadramatic play
13. a theatrical performance of a drama
e.g. the play lasted two hours
14. a weak and tremulous light
e.g. the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
the play of light on the water
Synonym: shimmer
15. the removal of constraints
e.g. he gave free rein to his impulses
they gave full play to the artist's talent
Synonym: free rein
16. a state in which action is feasible
e.g. the ball was still in play
insiders said the company's stock was in play
17. (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
e.g. rain stopped play in the 4th inning
Synonym: playing periodperiod of play