| 单词 | half-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-ball half-ball n., adv., and adj. Billiards, Snooker and Pool (a) n. a stroke in which the cue ball makes contact with half of the object ball; (b) adv. so that the cue ball makes contact with half of the object ball; (c) adj. designating a shot or pot involving a contact of this kind. Π 1830 J. Thurston tr. F. Mingaud Noble Game of Billiards 3 (caption) Strike a half ball on the right side with strength sufficient to enter the baulk. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 181 If played a true half ball, the red and white will kiss and spoil the cannon. 1904 Cheltenham Chron. 10 Dec. 4/4 The cue-ball, though aimed full on to the red, swerves in its path and catches the red half ball. 1937 Daily Mail 21 Dec. 12/7 You settle down to a half-ball shot and take your angle. 2012 Snooker Scene Mar. 19/1 Yet, on the verge of completing a monumental shock, he missed a half ball blue from its spot to middle playing one cushion position with right-hand side needing only the pink in addition for 4–2. half-ball half-ball n. Billiards (see quot. 1850). ΚΠ 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 524 A half ball, or a contact in which the half of one ball is covered by half of the other, produces in each an equal motion, both with regard to direction, strength, and velocity. < as lemmas |
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