English Dictionary

play house

動詞

(children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles. / To live as if married without actually being legally married.

日本語の意味

子供の遊びとして、家族ごっこをして家庭内で家事やさまざまな家族の役割を演じること。 / 法的には結婚していないが、あたかも結婚しているかのように生活すること。

Every summer afternoon, the neighborhood children love to play house in the old shed.

夏の午後になると、近所の子どもたちは古い小屋で家族ごっこをするのが大好きだ。

意味（1）

(children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.

Little girls seem to enjoy playing house more than little boys.

意味（2）

To live as if married without actually being legally married.

Though she flaunted her affair with TJ, Grace never admitted in print that she and George had “played house” before their marriage. Instead, she claimed they were married in 1942

plays house （ present singular third-person ）

playing house （ participle present ）

played house （ participle past ）

played house （ past ）