play withとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

play with (三人称単数 現在形 plays with, 現在分詞 playing with, 過去形および過去分詞形 played with)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: play with.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

   The boy was playing with his toys.

2. (transitive) To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
3. (transitive) To trick.
   • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2-1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

     Breaking into the right side of Wolves' penalty area, he played with Elokobi over and over while ignoring both Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney as they lurked in the centre with arms aloft.