| 单词 | knuckle ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknuckle ball knuckle ball n. (also knuckleball) Baseball (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1927 Secrets of Baseball iii. 37 If you're worrying about when to use a ‘knuckle ball’. 1928 G. H. Ruth Babe Ruth's Own Bk. Baseball vi. 79 The knuckle ball is a slow ball, that comes floating up to the plate without rotating. And lacking that rotation to keep it on a line, it wobbles from side to side. 1929 Encycl. Brit. III. 163/1 There is what is known as the knuckle ball, in which the knuckles of the pitcher's hand play a prominent part in giving the ball erratic motion. 1970 New Yorker 24 Oct. 39/2 The knuckleball is thrown not with the knuckles but with the fingertips. 1972 N.Y. Times 4 June v. 2/5 Phil Niekro baffled the Mets with his celebrated knuckleball, allowing them only three hits. 1975 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 6 Apr. 13–C/3 Oakland, aiming for a fourth straight world championship, opens at home with Vida Blue pitching against Chicago's veteran knuckleball specialist, Wilbur Wood. < as lemmas |
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