| 单词 | ball |
| 释义 | ball (once / 129 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n Always round, often bouncy, a ball is a vital part of many games and sports, from soccer to four square to ping pong. The most common ball is the kind you hit, kick, bat, or duck and avoid on a playground, court, or field. In fact, most sports involve a ball in one way or another. Another fun kind of ball is a grand party that usually includes dancing, food, live music, and guests dressed up in glamorous clothing. These two meanings have different origins — the "fancy dance" kind of ball comes from a Greek root, ballizein, "to dance or jump about." WORD FAMILYball: balled, balling, balls USAGE EXAMPLESThe highly sought recruit has committed to play college ball for the hometown Toledo Rockets. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) He has produced eight runs of 20-plus yards and some big passing plays, though he hasn’t been particularly consistent with the deep ball. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Leigh will try her hand at some lost tricks from the past, like the Okito floating ball, in which a ball hovers about the stage. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n an object with a spherical shape a ball of fire Syn|Hypo|Hyper globe, orb crystal ball a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers camphor ball, mothballa small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing time-balla ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory fireballthe luminous center of a nuclear explosion fireballa ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) globulea small globe or ball spherulea small sphere pelleta small sphere bolusa small round soft mass (as of chewed food) bubblea hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) sphere a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) 2n a compact mass a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder Syn|Hypo|Hyper chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump clot, coagulum a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid goba lump of slimy stuff clewa ball of yarn or cord or thread thrombusa blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin embolusan abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood agglomeration a jumbled collection or mass 3n a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass the ball at the base of the thumb he stood on the balls of his feet Hyper anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing 4n round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve the mayor threw out the first ball the ball rolled into the corner pocket Hypo|Hyper baseball a ball used in playing baseball basketballan inflated ball used in playing basketball billiard ballball used in playing billiards bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ballwooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce bowla wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling bowl, bowling balla large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling cricket ballthe ball used in playing cricket croquet balla wooden ball used in playing croquet field hockey ballball used in playing field hockey footballthe inflated oblong ball used in playing American football golf balla small hard ball used in playing golf; dimpled to reduce wind resistance handballa small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball jacka small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling lacrosse ballball used in playing lacrosse marblea small ball of glass that is used in various games medicine ballheavy ball used in physical training ninepin ball, skittle ballball used to knock down ninepins ping-pong balllight hollow ball used in playing table tennis polo ballwooden ball that is struck with mallets in playing polo pool ballball used in playing pool punch bag, punchball, punching bag, punching ballan inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing racquetballthe ball used in playing the game of racquetball roulette ballthe ball used to play roulette rugby ballinflated oval ball used in playing rugby soccer ballan inflated ball used in playing soccer playground ball, softballball used in playing softball squash ballrubber ball used in playing squash tennis ballball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis volleyballan inflated ball used in playing volleyball Wiffle, Wiffle Ball(trademark) a hollow plastic ball with cutouts cue ballthe ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue eight balla black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool games object ballthe billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ball shooter, tawa large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game 5n a spherical object used as a plaything he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub Hypo|Hyper beach ball, beachball large and light ball; for play at the seaside snowballsnow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) plaything, toy an artifact designed to be played with 6n a solid projectile that is shot by a musket they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball Syn|Hyper musket ball pellet, shot a solid missile discharged from a firearm 7v form into a ball by winding or rolling 2ball wool Hyper roll, twine, wind, wrap arrange or or coil around 1n a lavish dance requiring formal attire Syn|Hypo|Hyper formal cotilion, cotillion a ball at which young ladies are presented to society fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade balla ball at which guests wear costumes and masks prom, promenadea formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year dance a party for social dancing 2n the people assembled at a lavish formal dance 3the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded Hyper dance a party of people assembled for dancing n one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens 4she kicked him in the balls and got away Hypo|Hyper cobblers a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) undescended testicle, undescended testisa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops gonad, sex gland a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced male reproductive glandthe reproductive organs of a man 1n the game of baseball there was a desire for National League ball in the area play ball! Hypo|Hyper daisy cutter a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground baseball, baseball game a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs 2n a pitch that is not in the strike zone he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him Hyper delivery, pitch (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter Ball (once / 1723 pages) n WORD FAMILY Ball: Balls USAGE EXAMPLESCeltics use Nets’ No. 1 pick to draft Lonzo Ball, who is compared to Jason Kidd, who also escaped Brooklyn. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) ‘Ball’s not in my court’: Kirk Cousins sidesteps question about staying in D.C. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) David Johansen, headlines a roster of downtown personalities at the second annual Surrealist Art Ball, an event that welcomes extravagant costuming. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) n United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) Syn|Exp Lucille Ball actress a female actor comediennea female comedian |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。