"Play"在英语中表示戏剧。来源可以追溯到15世纪的中世纪拉丁语，其原意是指表演、表现或演出。例句：

I'm going to see a play at the theater tonight.
（今晚我要去剧院看戏。）
She wrote a play about the struggle for women's rights.
（她写了一部关于妇女权利斗争的戏剧。）
The play was a huge success and ran for many years on Broadway.
（这部戏在百老汇大受欢迎，演了很多年。）