单词 | ball game |
释义 | ball game also ball·game (bôlgām′) n. 1. a. Any of various games, such as baseball, played with a ball. b. A game with religious and political significance in some pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica, southwestern North America, and the Caribbean, played with a rubber ball in a walled court. 2. Slang a. A competition: "But in the winner-take-all world of politics, the contest for the undecided 2 or 3 percent can be the whole ballgame" (Brad Edmondson). b. A particular condition, situation, or set of circumstances. |
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