player

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player

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詞源

源自中古英語 pleyer、playere，源自古英語 pleġere (“遊戲者，玩家，運動員，摔角手”)，等於 play +‎ -er。

發音

(通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpleɪɚ/
(標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpleɪə(ɹ)/
音頻 (南英格蘭)： (檔案)
韻部：-eɪə(ɹ)
斷字：play‧er

名詞

player (複數 players)

play的施動者名詞
1. 運動員，競賽者，選手
  近義詞：(英國、愛爾蘭方言) laker
2. (劇場藝術) 演員
  - Template:RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It
3. (音樂) 演奏者
4. (遊戲術語，電子遊戲) 玩家
  - 2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, 出自 Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet‎^[1], 第 7 卷, →DOI，第 175 頁:
    The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.
    玩家可以在更大范围的设计叙事选项中自由创作属于自己的叙事，或者，考虑到《Morrowind》的地理和对话开放性，玩家可以拒绝创作任何叙事，而只是自己漫无目的地在游戏中漫游。
5. (賭博) 赌徒
6. (歷史) 自動鋼琴，或其他能自動演奏的樂器
  - 1915, John McTammany, The Technical History of the Player:
    But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers were beginning to properly interpret the handwriting on the wall
    （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
  - 1909, William Braid White, Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanism, ...‎^[2]，第 179 頁:
    A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exterior players, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric
    （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
  - 1970, Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume, Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it‎^[3]:
    Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...
    （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
7. (電子學) 播放音訊或視訊媒體的電器，例如电唱机
  Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
  是你的CD机坏了，还是这张碟片坏了？
8. (計算機) 播放器（用於播放音訊或視訊媒體的軟體應用程式）
沒有嚴肅目標的人；鬧著玩的人；無所事事的人
參與者，參加者
He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
他認為自己可以參與其中，至少在州級層面。
- 2011, Suzanne Shale, Moral Leadership in Medicine，第 239 頁:
  Decision realities research recognizes the occupational tribalism identified in occupational realities research, but goes further by paying attention to all the players – patients and lay caregivers included – who participate in negotiating care.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 2012年11月7日, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, 出自 New York Times‎^[4]:
  Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 2021年3月10日, Nigel Harris, “It's time to get on with it!”, 出自 RAIL, 第 926 期，第 3 頁:
  As the biggest rail player, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems. The DfT had been given that authority in 2004 - but consistently ducked accountability.
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
1. 參與某種性愛形式的人
  - 1991年4月22日, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10^th Anniversary Celebration”, 出自 Gay Community News，第 11 頁:
    In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.
    （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
(非正式) 喜歡到處拈花惹草，而非建立長久性關係的人
近義詞：參見Thesaurus:libertine
- 1977, Stevie Nicks （作曲作詞）, “Dreams”, 出自 Rumours, 演出者 Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros.:
  Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
  （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）