Play의 다양한 의미와 활용

1. 놀다

아이가 놀거나 아이랑 같이 놀 때는 play가 맞는 표현

하지만 어른이 play를 쓰는 건 어색하다. 이 때는 spend ~ing를 써라.

• I played with my kids. (O)
• My kids play here all the time. (O)
• It's not safe for children to play here. (O)

2. 가지고 놀다 / 가지고 장난치다

Play with 를 사용하라. Play랑은 뉘앙스가 조금 다르다.

• Stop playing with your food.
• Don't play with your food.
• My cat likes to play with my hair.
• You shouldn't play with people's feelings like that.

3. 영상, 노래, 음악, 영화를 틀다

• Play a video, song, music, movie.
• Now, I'm going to play a video for you.
• He played a video for us. (영상을 틀어 주다)
• He showed us a video. (영상을 보여 주다)
• When I'm working on my computer, I like to have some soft music playing in the background.

 

4. Play a role(part): 어떤 역할을 하다.

• He plays the most important role in the team.
• 위상(지명도)가 높은 배우치고는, 그는 놀랍게도 그 영화에서 작은 역할을 맡았다.
  >> For a star of his stature, he played a surprisingly small role in the film.

5. Play along: 동의하는 척 하다

• I didn't quite understand what was going on, but I tried my best to play along.
• I knew my daughter was lying but I played along just to see where it goes.
  *To see where it goes / where things go: 상황이 어떻게 흘러가는지 보려고

 

아래 동영상에 자세히 나와 있으니 꼭 보는 것을 추천한다.

play 의 다양한 의미와 활용