play dumb

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pretend to be dumb, either:; To feign muteness. idiomatic,informal
    — I played dumb 'cause I knew if I talked at all, being simple and guileless, you all would twist me up and have the whole thing in a jiffy.
  2. To pretend to be dumb, either:; To feign stupidity or ignorance of some knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or gain some advantage. idiomatic,informal
    — Died. Virginia Hill, 49, redheaded, free-spending playmate of the underworld... who later acted out a cameo role before the late Senator Estes Kefauver's Senate crime committee, playing dumb about the business dealings of her many racketeer friends.

词形变化

plays dumb present,singular,third-person playing dumb participle,present played dumb participle,past played dumb past
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