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To disport yourself is to yourself by doing things that are active and enjoyable — running about, playing, showing off a little. People use it now, or in a mock-old-fashioned way, as if they had out of an old story. You would not say it in ordinary talk about sport class; you might smile and say the children were disporting themselves on the beach, meaning they were playing freely and having fun. There is an old noun disport, “play or amusement”, but that is rare. It is not a daily word. Treat it as a or joking cousin of play. Though actually, if you pull off the first bit you get sport — that is not a folk tale; the common word grew out of this older one.
嬉戲、自娛（幽默或文雅用語）
組成From Middle English disporten / desporten, “to amuse yourself, take part in play”. That came from Anglo-Norman and Old French desporter / deporter, from Latin deportāre, “to carry (away)” — the old idea is something like carrying yourself off into play. Later English often dropped the first bit and kept sport.
同家族的字
- sportthe everyday word shortened from disport
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disportverb/dɪˈspɔːt/
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datedTo amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
- Afterward, as appeareth by Euſtachius, there was ſome Greekes diſported themſelues herein, as he which turned Atlas for his heauie burthen in ſupporting Heauen, to Talas, that is, Wretched; Arete, Vertue, into Erate, that is, Louely; Ilaros, Merrie, into Liaros, that is, warme.
- For my part, I love not to disport myself at the weakness of any man, or to turn his folly into laughter: for what were this, but to reflect dishonour upon the same nature, wherein he partakes with myself?
disportnoun/dɪˈspɔːt/
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archaicAnything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport.
- It hath beene very frequent with the Kings of England, France, and other Princes, for triall of their man hood, to runne at Iouſts, and fight at Barriers, not onely with forraigners, but with their owne valianteſt Lords and Knights, of which there are various Examples. In theſe Martiall diſports, by the very Law of Armes, theſe Subjects have not onely defended themſelves againſt their kings aſſaults and blowes; but retorted lance for lance, ſtroke for ſtroke, and ſometimes unhorſed, diſarmed, and wounded their Kings, […]
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archaicAmusement, entertainment, recreation, relaxation.
- And whether they were a bedde or at other maner of disportes me lyst not herof make no mencyon for loue that tyme was not as is now adayes. "And whether they were abed or at other manner of disports, me list not hereof make no mention, for love that time was not as is now-a-days."
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obsoleteThe way one carries oneself; bearing, carriage, deportment.
- [Y]et have I carried myſelf towards thee in ſuch fanciful guiſe of careleſs diſport, that right ſore am I aſhamed now to entreat thy lenity ſeriouſly— […]
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obsoleteBearing, elevation, orientation.
- ... shooting a bullet ... out of a Culverin towards the East, and afterwards another, with the same charge, and at the same elevation or disport towards the West.
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obsoleteFun, gaiety, joy, merriment, mirth.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。