I always give it a ball to play with 一句中with是何意?

问题描述:

I always give it a ball to play with 一句中with是何意?
这句该怎么翻译呢?

我经常给它(一看就知道,他指得是小狗、小猫一类的)球玩
with 不能去掉,play with somebody(和某人玩)
play with something(玩某个东西)固定用法