Ball

[bɔːl] or [bɔl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a pitch that is not in the strike zone; 'he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him'.

(noun.) the game of baseball.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a spherical object used as a plaything; 'he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a lavish dance requiring formal attire.

(noun.) a compact mass; 'a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder'.

(noun.) the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; 'the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded'.

(noun.) United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989).

(noun.) an object with a spherical shape; 'a ball of fire'.

(verb.) form into a ball by winding or rolling; 'ball wool'.

錄入:史黛西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

(n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

(n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

(n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

(n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.

(n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

(n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

(n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.

(n.) The globe or earth.

(v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

(v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

(v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

(n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.

手打:拉蒙纳

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Globe, sphere.[2]. Dance, entertainment of dancing.[3]. Game of ball.

編輯:默里

解釋/意思:

n. an entertainment of dancing.—n. Ball′room.—To open the ball to begin the dancing to begin operations.

n. anything round: any celestial body esp. the 'globe:' the golden orb borne with the sceptre as the emblem of sovereignty: a globular body to play with in tennis football golf billiards &c.: any rounded protuberant part of the body: a bullet or any missile thrown from an engine of war: a rounded mass of anything: a throw or delivery of the ball at cricket: a well-known game played with a ball.—v.i. to gather itself into a ball become clogged.—ns. Ball′-cart′ridge a cartridge containing both powder and ball ; Ball′-cock the stopcock of a cistern attached to one end of a lever at the other end of which is a hollow metal ball which rises and falls with the water thus regulating the supply; Ball′-flow′er an ornament of the decorated style of Gothic architecture resembling a ball placed in a circular flower.—adj. Ball′-proof proof against balls discharged from firearms.—Ball and socket a joint formed of a ball partly enclosed in a cup thus insuring great strength; Ball of the eye the eye within the lids and socket.—No ball a ball unfairly bowled.—Three golden or brass balls the sign of a pawnbroker.—To have the ball at one's feet to have a thing in one's power; To keep the ball up or rolling to keep from flagging; To take up the ball to take one's turn in anything.—Wide ball one out of the batsman's reach.

校對:塞尔玛