| 单词 | curveball |
| 释义 | curveballor curve ball[ kurv-bawl ] / ˈkɜrvˌbɔl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR curveball ON THESAURUS.COM noun Baseball.a pitch with a downward spin that causes the ball to drop and veer as it approaches home plate, away from the side from which it was thrown: He started perfecting his curveball during his junior year in high school. Origin of curveballAn Americanism dating back to 1875–80 Words nearby curveballcurvature hyperopia, curvature myopia, curvature of field, curvature of space, curve, curveball, curve fitting, curve of occlusion, curvet, curvette, curvilinear Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for curveballcurve ball nounbaseball a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit informal something deceptivehis wholesome image was a curve ball thrown to deceive the public Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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