| 释义 |
lob
I. \ˈläb\ noun
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Etymology: probably of Low German or Flemish origin; akin to Flemish lobbe simpleton, Low German lubbe coarse, awkward person, Middle Low German lobbe thick underlip; akin to Old English lobbe, loppe spider, Frisian lob, lobbe hanging mass of fat or flesh, German dialect loppen to be loose, Swedish dialect lubbe plump figure, Old Norse lūfa thick hair — more at slobber
1. now dialect Britain : a dull heavy person : lout
< a great fat lob that had no life in him at all — Samuel Lover >
2. archaic : a loosely hanging object
3. dialect Britain : a large amount
II. verb
(lobbed ; lobbed ; lobbing ; lobs)
transitive verb
1. archaic : to let hang heavily : droop
< their poor jades lob down their heads — Shakespeare >
< goggling at her grandmother with her mouth lobbed wetly open — Norman Lindsay >
2. : to throw, hit, or propel slowly in or as if in a high arc
< lobbing hand grenades over the rock — Burtt Evans >
as
a. : to return (a tennis ball) in a high arc usually over an opposing player's head
b. : to bowl or throw (a cricket ball) underhand usually slowly
c.
(1) : to throw (a baseball) in a soft easy manner
< lob the ball in >
(2) : to hit (a baseball) in a slow high arc
< lob a few practice flies to the outfield >
3. : cob 3
intransitive verb
1. : to move slowly and heavily
< rockets … lobbed shoreward — K.M.Dodson >
2. : to hit a tennis ball easily in a high arc
3. Australia : to arrive at a place
< just lobbed in town — R.M.Daw >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: lob (II)
1. : a cricket ball bowled or thrown underhand usually slowly
2. : a tennis ball hit slowly in a high arc
IV. noun
also lobb
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a step or stair in a mine
2. : a mineral vein descending like steps
V. noun
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Etymology: origin unknown
slang Britain : a container for valuables; especially : till |