プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
もてあそぶ【弄ぶ】
&fRoman1;〔いじくる〕play ((with))；toy ((with))
彼女は話しながらネックレスをもてあそんでいた
She was playing [toying] with her necklace while she talked.
&fRoman2;
❶〔慰みに愛好する〕
俳句をもてあそぶ
amuse oneself by composing haiku／compose haiku as a pastime
❷〔慰み物にする〕play ((with))；make sport ((of))；toy with
彼は私の愛情をもてあそんだ
He played [toyed] with my affections.
女をもてあそぶ
make sport of a woman
❸〔思いのままにあやつる〕
運命にもてあそばれた
He was a plaything of fortune.／He was made sport of by fortune.
小舟は波にもてあそばれていた
The boat was at the mercy of the waves.
弄び物
a plaything