basketball
/ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈba-skit-ˌbȯl/ (ame, mw)
basketball — noun
- basketballsingular
- basketballsplural
1. a court sport where five players on each side try to get points by putting the b
a court sport where five players on each side try to get points by putting the ball into a hoop above the floor
Nina plays basketball with her cousins behind the school every Friday.
play basketball
After dinner, Dad watched basketball and shouted at every missed shot.
watch basketball
Basketball became Quinn's favorite sport after the school joined a city league.
In our town, basketball fills the park courts on warm summer nights.
The children learned basketball at camp from two college coaches.
文法句型
play basketball
watch basketball
be good at basketball
用法筆記
Uncountable when it names the sport, so after play you normally say just 'basketball', not 'a basketball'. Use sense 2 for the object itself.
常見錯誤
2. the large orange ball that players bounce, pass, and throw into the hoop in this
the large orange ball that players bounce, pass, and throw into the hoop in this sport
Leo tucked a basketball under his arm and ran to practice.
countable: a basketball
The wet basketball slipped from Emma's hands near the free-throw line.
Coach Park tossed three basketballs onto the floor before training started.
A signed basketball sat in the glass case by the gym door.
During recess, one basketball rolled into the flower bed.
- ball
a general word; 'basketball' names the ball used for this specific sport
文法句型
dribble a basketball
pass a basketball
shoot a basketball
用法筆記
Countable in this sense: you can say 'a basketball' or 'three basketballs'. Distinguish from sense 1, where the word names the sport and is usually uncountable.