play和plays時(shí)態(tài)不一樣。plays是play的第三人稱單數(shù)。如：I play basketball after school.放學(xué)后我打籃球。He plays basketball after school .他放學(xué)后打籃球。play和plays意思一樣，都是“打，玩”的意思。

play用法

play 英 [ple?] 美 [ple?]

n.比賽，游戲，戲劇，賭博

vt.& vi.玩，演奏，演出，參加比賽

vt.扮演，擔(dān)任，充當(dāng)……的角色，演出，裝扮

vi.玩耍，游戲，[游戲] 參加游戲，賭博，鬧著玩

例句

Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.

因?yàn)闆]有與其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者，馬伏里奧自然成了該劇的道德核心。

Charlton are about to play an important away match.

查爾頓隊(duì)即將在客場(chǎng)進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)重要比賽。

The Prime Minister has promised that Israel will play a constructive role.

首相承諾以色列將發(fā)揮積極的作用。

v.演奏（ play的第三人稱單數(shù) ），演出，參加比賽，捉弄。

plays 英 [pleiz]

例句

He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.

有些段落他演奏得異常徐緩，聽上去有些憂傷。

These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life.

現(xiàn)在，工作在單身女性的生活中起著重要作用。

Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.

中場(chǎng)時(shí)，這位教練對(duì)圍攏一圈的進(jìn)攻隊(duì)員進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)術(shù)指導(dǎo)。