1, the basic meaning of play refers to physical or mental activities for recreation and entertainment, that is, "play, play", or play games with someone, that is, "participate in games". Play can also mean "playing an instrument". Extension can mean "playing a joke on someone", "acting", "playing" and "spraying (spring water, etc.). )".

2.play can be used as a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. When used as a transitive verb, it is followed by a noun, pronoun or that clause, indicating that the ball or musical instrument is the object.

Sometimes it can follow a double object, and its indirect object can be transformed into the object of the preposition to or for, or it can follow a compound object with "(as+) n./adj." as its complement. Can be used for passive structures. Play can also be used as a copula followed by adjectives or nouns as predicates.

3. When a noun is followed by play to explain "acting" in a performance, it is generally interpreted as a transitive verb; Pretend? When playing "Xie", it is often analyzed as a copula verb.

4. Play is generally used for children and rarely used for adults. When play is interpreted as "playing", it is not used for percussion instruments (such as gongs and drums)

5. When play is followed by nouns such as ball games or cards, the article the is not added before it; When you connect an instrument, you must add the article The, which can sometimes be omitted in American English. When play is used in the simple present, there is no article before the object, which means to engage in some kind of entertainment or activity regularly or regularly.

6. The progressive aspect of 6.play can indicate the upcoming action as planned or arranged. This sentence is usually accompanied by an adverbial indicating the future time or a specific context.

7. In an informal writing style. Playing can sometimes be interpreted as "playing" with nouns representing musical instruments as the subject, and its active form contains passive meaning.

Second, play as a noun.

1, when used as a noun, play means "play, play", which refers to all kinds of activities that children carry out for fun. Play can also refer to various sports, that is, "competition, competition and sports", and can refer to a specific "competition" or "performance or style" or "action or skill" in the competition.

Drama can also refer to "drama and script". The extension of the game can refer to "activity, function, mutual influence", "scope or room of activity", "flash, float", "gambling" and "opportunity".

2.play is usually used as an uncountable noun, but it can be used as a countable noun in the solution of "the action or skill of the game". Generally, it is decorated with an adjective in front. Play can be used as a countable noun in the definition of "drama and script"

When 3.play is used alone, it means "playing a game", and sometimes it can be said to be playing? (In), like a play? Football;

4. when play is used alone, it can also mean "play", but it is only used for children and cannot be used for adults.

5. play? With means "play (something)", such as play? Use the ball; Play (a musical instrument), but don't play? (get up), like a play? Violin.

Extended information 1. Collocation of words in games

play basketball

play poker

play chess

Playing football is to play football.

Play hockey

Play hide and seek

Play a song Play a song

play the guitar

Second, the use of common sentence patterns

1, used as the copula verb s+~+n ~+n.

I go out early and come back late, do everything myself, face danger, and be a man for once in my life.

I get up early and go to bed late. I do everything myself and take all the risks. This time in my life, I am worthy of a man.

2. Used as an intransitive verb s+~ (+a)

Let's go out to play.

Let's go out to play.