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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++play·boy /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ noun [countable]  ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethinga rich man who does not work and who spends his time enjoying himself with beautiful women, fast cars etc 花花公子,只会吃喝玩乐的有钱男子 a middle-aged playboy 一个中年花花公子
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playboyNathan Bryce was a playboy, a womaniser.My father used to speak of intellectuals as playboys and used to curse the Yiddish writers as poisoners of youth.Bao Dai might have been a weak, unpredictable, corruptible playboy, but he was no fool.He later had his own studio in Havana, and an expensive playboy lifestyle.A.J.P. Taylor sees its decline more in terms of the failure of leadership: Mosley was in fact a highly gifted playboy.The playboy and the puritan made an odd couple, but they could use each other.
nPlayboy trademark  na magazine for men which is known for its pictures of young women wearing very few clothes and its articles about sex
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playboy
playboy /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ noun [countable]
a rich man who does not work and who spends his time enjoying himself with beautiful women, fast cars etc:
    a middle-aged playboy


Playboy
Playboy trademark
a magazine for men which is known for its pictures of young women wearing very few clothes and its articles about sex


play·boyBrE /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ 🔊 nouna rich man who spends his time enjoying himself 寻欢作乐的有钱男子;花花公子;纨绔子弟