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playact 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈplāˌakt/,
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Act in a play,
  1. Act in a play

  2. Act (a scene, role, etc.)

  3. Engage in histrionic pretense
    • - the defender indulged in some playacting after tumbling to the ground

  1. act: perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
  2. (playacting) acting: the performance of a part or role in a drama
  3. To perform on, or as if on, a stage
  4. (Play-acting) similar to diving, play acting is deceiving the officials that a player is injured to try and gain an advantage or force the referee to punish the "aggressor". Also known as feigning injury or Diving.^[177]