英语词汇“to take up the ball”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to take up the ball

h. to take up the ball: to take one's turn in conversation; (also) to take the initiative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate

to take the speech1612

to take the floor1804

to get or obtain the floor1816

to take up the ball1873

1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Parisians II. v. iii. 142 The Duchesse..took up the ball of the conversation.

1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 168 Louder Rosencranz Took up the ball.

2002 Social Stud. Sci. 32 805 A less established political organization..took up the ball, accusing the space centre..of colonial practices.

extracted from balln.¹

as lemmas

单词	to take up the ball
释义	> as lemmas to take up the ball h. to take up the ball: to take one's turn in conversation; (also) to take the initiative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate to take the speech1612 to take the floor1804 to get or obtain the floor1816 to take up the ball1873 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Parisians II. v. iii. 142 The Duchesse..took up the ball of the conversation. 1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 168 Louder Rosencranz Took up the ball. 2002 Social Stud. Sci. 32 805 A less established political organization..took up the ball, accusing the space centre..of colonial practices. extracted from balln.¹ < as lemmas
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