| 释义 |
let's pretend, n. phr.|ˌlɛts prɪˈtɛnd|
[pretend v. 15 b.]
A game of pretence or make-believe. Also attrib., transf., and fig.
1904Daily Chron. 12 July 8/5 She entered into the spirit of the thing as heartily as if we were at games of ‘Let's pretend’. 1907Ibid. 16 May 5/5 It is just a song, a jig, and ‘let's pretend’. 1948United Nations World Dec. 92/1 The New Look..was a ‘Let's Pretend’ fashion. 1963Ingenue Dec. 45 A Short..wrap of let's-pretend beaver (called Norba). 1964W. Golding Spire iv. 85 But there comes a point when vision's no more than a child's playing let's pretend. 1967Listener 21 Sept. 371/1 The dividing line between reality and ‘let's pretend’. 1969N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xii. 85 Then—everything was queer then. Double-think and let's-pretend. 1970Guardian 23 Dec. 9/6, I told all the children..that Santa Claus wasn't real but a let's pretend person. |
