搜尋結果
ball
- IPA[bɔːl]
英式
- a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game；a spherical object or mass of material
- squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape；clench (one's fist) tightly
verb: ball, 3rd person present: balls, gerund or present participle: balling, past tense: balled, past participle: balled
noun: ball, plural noun: balls
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game a cricket ball
- ▪ a spherical object or mass of material a ball of wool he crushed the card into a ball
- ▪ historical a solid non-explosive missile for a firearm.
- ▪ a game played with a ball he comes across a group of kids playing ball
- ▪ North American baseball kids have been playing ball in that lot for almost a hundred years young men would graduate from college and enter pro ball
- 2. (in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batter his half century came off only forty balls
- ▪ (in soccer) a pass of the ball in a specified direction or manner Whelan sent a long ball to Goddard
- ▪ (in baseball) a pitch delivered outside the strike zone which the batter does not attempt to hit he ignored it completely, and the umpire called it a ball
- 3. the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
- ▪ the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb.
動詞
- 1. squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate
- ▪ clench (one's fist) tightly she balled her fist so that the nails dug into her palms
- ▪ form a round shape the fishing nets eventually ball up and sink
- ▪ wrap the root ball of (a tree or shrub) to protect it during transportation.
- 2. North American vulgar slang have sex with.
- 3. British (of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.
