(1)游戏;运动(form of play or sport，usu with rules，which people take part in to amuse themselves)[C]：children's/classroom/the student-as-teacher～s 儿童/课堂上的/学生扮成老师的游戏;a～of pretending to be mothers and fathers一场装成妈妈和爸爸的游戏;a～of chance/skill凭运气/技巧取胜的比赛;play a～of chess/Whist/hide-and-seek/football/tennis 下一盘棋/玩惠斯特纸牌/玩捉迷藏/踢一场足球/打一场网球;play a good～at cards 纸牌玩得很好;a conventional/ball～传统的/球类运动;

(2)1)体育活动(sport as part of a school's courses)[pl]：play～s 参加体育活动;I was hopeless at～s at school.我上学时体育方面很差。2)运动会(athletic contests)[pl][the G～s]：the Olympic/Commonwealth/High land/Toronto～奥林匹克/英联邦/苏格兰高地/多伦多运动会;school～s 学校运动会;

(3)一场(盘，局)(single round or part of a complete game)[C]：make～打(玩)完一局;One hundred points is a～in bridge.桥牌中100分为一局。Lose the first～of the second set. 输掉第二盘第一局。six～s to one 六比一;(one)～/two～s all各赢一局/两局;win four～s in the first set在第一盘中赢了四局;～point 一局中的决胜分;

(4)比分(score needed to win)[C]：The～is four to three.比分是四比三。

(5)游戏器具;比赛用具(equipment needed for playing certain games)[C]：a～of ludo 一副数筹码棋;a board～一副象(跳)棋;

(6) 1)策略，花招，诡计(plan or trick made by sb in order to deceive sb)[C，通常sing]：(infml)：Play a deep～耍诡计;sb's little/the power～某人的鬼把戏/权势诡计;see through sb's～看透了某人的鬼把戏;I wonder what his～is.我不知道他在耍什么花招。2)行业(business)[C，通常sing](infml)：the publishing/political～出版业/政治生涯;the～of politics政治生涯;

(7)(猎取的)野味((flesh of) certain birds and animals which are killed for sport or food)[U][作attrib]：～pie/law/birds/reserve野味馅饼/狩猎规则/可捕猎的鸟/猎物的养殖与保护区;hunt wild～狩猎野生动物;

the game is up 一切都完了：The thief knew the～was up when he saw the policeman.当小偷看到警察时，他知道一切全完了。

play the game 行动光明正大(fig)：At least he played the～and told me what he was planning to do.至少他光明正大，告诉我他打算干什么。

play sb's game 做使某人得利的事：You will just be playing his～.你正好给他帮了大忙。

→′gamecock n(雄的)斗鸡;′gamekeeper n 猎物的养殖及看守人;′gamesmanship n(用以取胜而又不犯规的)小动作;′game-warden n 猎物保护区的看守人;

【辨异】game 与play和 sport 均指有趣活动的形式，play(游玩，游戏，娱乐)是很通用的词，指任何一种这样的活动形式，经常是没有指导、自发的或任意的，例如：Childhood is a time of play.(童年是玩耍的时期。)game 指娱乐性的比赛，包括脑力的或体力比赛，通常受到各种规则的限制，如：a game of chess(下棋比赛);除了指个体的比赛以外，game还泛指一种消遣，如：Golf is a good game.(高尔夫球是一种很好的消遣。)然而，如果这种消遣(通常是户外的)主要依靠体力，不一定是一种比赛，则使用 sport(活动，运动)这个词，例如：Football is a vigorous sport.(足球是一种朝气蓬勃的运动。)