ball
n. 球(狀物); 舞會
v. 做成球狀
A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
...a golf ball.
高爾夫球
...a tennis ball.
網球
A ball is something or an amount of something that has a round shape.
Thomas screwed the letter up into a ball...
托馬斯把信揉成一團。
They heard a loud explosion and saw a ball of fire go up.
他們聽見一聲爆炸的巨響,看見一個火球騰空而起。
When you ball something or when it balls, it becomes round.
He picked up the sheets of paper, and balled them tightly in his fists...
他抓起那幾張紙,在手裡緊緊攥成團。
His hands balled into fists...
他攥起了拳頭。
The ball of your foot or the ball of your thumb is the rounded part where your toes join your foot or where your thumb joins your hand.
A ball is a large formal social event at which people dance.
A man's balls are his testicles.
If you say that the ball is in someone's court, you mean that it is his or her responsibility to take the next action or decision in a situation.
The ball's now in your court — you have to decide what you're going to do.
輪到你了——你必須決定自己要做什麼。
If you get the ball rolling ,set the ball rolling, or start the ball rolling, you start something happening.
He will go to the Middle East next week to get the ball rolling again on peace talks...
他下週將前往中東,開始重啟和談。
I just want enough cash to start the ball rolling.
我只是想有足夠的啟動資金。
If you are having a ball, you are having a very enjoyable time.
Outside the boys were sitting on the ground and, going by the gales of laughter, they were having a ball.
男孩們在戶外席地而坐,從陣陣笑聲來看,他們玩得很開心。
If you keep several balls in the air, you try to do several different things at once.
The detective has to discover the motive, the means and the opportunity and has to keep these three balls in the air.
那名偵探必須查明動機、手段和時機,而且對這三項的調查必須同步展開。
...unhappy mothers trying to juggle ten balls in the air.
同時要做無數件事情的可憐的母親
If someone is on the ball, they are very alert and aware of what is happening.
She really is on the ball; she's bought houses at auctions so she knows what she's doing.
她很精明幹練;她透過拍賣購過房,所以知道自己在做什麼。
If someone refuses to play ball, they are unwilling to do what someone wants them to do.
The association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks and building societies refuse to play ball.
該協會威脅說如果銀行和建屋互助會不配合的話,它將不再提供支援。
1. round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games;
2. a solid ball shot by a musket;
3. an object with a spherical shape;
4. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance;
5. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;
6. a spherical object used as a plaything;
7. a compact mass;
8. a lavish formal dance
9. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb;
10. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;
11. a pitch that is not in the strike zone;
1. form into a ball by winding or rolling;
the ball is in your court
下一步就看你的了
a ball of fire
生龍活虎的人
the ball of the foot
大腳趾球
the ball of the thumb
拇指球
have a lot (或 not much) on the ball
很有(或沒什麼)能力
keep the ball rolling
使活動繼續
keep one's eye on (或 take one's eye off) the ball
集中(或未能集中)注意力
on the ball
敏銳的,機警的
play ball
打球
start (或 get , set) the ball rolling
開始活動
the whole ball of wax
(北美, 非正式)全部;所有
have a ball
(非正式)狂歡,玩個痛快
ball up
困惑;搞砸
on the ball【非正式用語】
警惕的,有能力的或有效率的
成功的必備條件:關於能力、技巧或知識等成功所必要的品質
The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.
那球重重地打在他身上,他幾乎掉下水去.
A rubber ball bounces well.
橡皮球彈力好.
I was dressed as a horseman at the ball.
在舞會上我裝扮成騎士.
Don't swing at the ball; take carefully aim.
不要只是猛勁兒地去打那球, 要打得準.
He threw the ball, and the dog made after it.
這隻狗追逐著他扔過去的球.