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復數:?toys;

toy 玩具

來自中古英語 toye, 玩具，玩物，可能來自荷蘭語 toy, 工具，設備，裝飾品，來自 Proto-Germanic*teuhana,拉出，引出，來自 PIE*deuk,拉，引導，詞源同 tow,tie,duct.

toy: toy: [14] Nothing is known for certain about the origins of toy. It originally meant ‘amorous dalliance’ (‘So said he, and forbore not glance or toy, of amorous intent, well understood of Eve’, Milton, Paradise Lost 1667), traces of which survive in the verbal sense ‘amuse oneself idly’. ‘Plaything’ first appeared towards the end of the 16th century.
toy (n.): c. 1300, "amorous playing, sport," later "piece of fun or entertainment" (c. 1500), "thing of little value, trifle" (1520s), and "thing for a child to play with" (1580s). Of uncertain origin, and there may be more than one word here. Compare Middle Dutch toy, Dutch tuig "tools, apparatus; stuff, trash," in speeltuig "play-toy, plaything;" German Zeug "stuff, matter, tools," Spielzeug "plaything, toy;" Danish t?i, Swedish tyg "stuff, gear." Applied as an adjective to things of diminutive size, especially dogs, from 1806. Toy-boy is from 1981.
toy (v.): "deal carelessly (with), trifle," 1520s, from toy (n.) in its older sense.
If he be merie and toy with any,
His wife will frowne, and words geve manye.
["Song of the Bachelor's Life," 16c.]
Related: Toyed; toying.

1. A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game.: 一家玩具店降低了電腦游戲《刺猬索尼克》的售價。

2. Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.: 更換機器或者重新鑄造新的玩具模具都是一個耗費時間和財力的過程。

3. Toy manufacturers began promoting some of their products on television.: 玩具制造商開始在電視上推銷他們的一些產品。

4. We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.: 如果玩具質量低劣，我們會痛斥制造商。