baseball

IPA/ˈbeɪsbɔːl/
KK[bˈesbˈɔl]IPA/ˈbeɪsbɔːl/

baseball — 名詞

  • baseballsingular
  • baseballsplural

1. a sport, especially popular in the United States and Japan, in which two nine-pe

1.名詞A1
釋義

棒球

兩隊各九人輪流打擊跑壘的球類運動

a sport, especially popular in the United States and Japan, in which two nine-person teams take turns swinging a long wooden or metal stick to hit a small ball, and then running between four corners of a diamond-shaped area to score points called runs.

例句

Diego has played baseball for his school team since he was eight.

Diego 從八歲起就在學校的校隊打棒球。

play baseball

On Sunday afternoons, Grandpa watches baseball on TV with a bowl of peanuts.

每個星期天下午，爺爺會配著一碗花生看棒球轉播。

watch baseball

常見搭配
  • play baseball
  • watch baseball
  • professional baseball
  • baseball game
  • baseball team

文法句型

play baseball

watch baseball

用法筆記

Uncountable when it names the sport itself; do not use 'a' or 'the' before it (✗ a baseball ✓ baseball). For the object you hit, use sense 2.

常見錯誤

I play the baseball every weekend.
I play baseball every weekend.
sport names take no article after 'play'.
My brother is good at a baseball.
My brother is good at baseball.
uncountable when referring to the sport.

2. the small, hard, white ball, usually stitched in red, that players throw, hit, a

2.名詞A2
釋義

棒球；球

棒球比賽中使用的硬式小白球

the small, hard, white ball, usually stitched in red, that players throw, hit, and catch in the sport of baseball.

例句

Aiko signed the baseball and gave it to her nephew as a birthday gift.

Aiko 在棒球上簽了名，當作生日禮物送給姪子。

countable: 'a baseball' / 'the baseball'

The dog ran into the garden and brought back a muddy baseball.

那隻狗跑進花園，叼回一顆沾滿泥巴的棒球。

常見搭配
  • throw a baseball
  • catch a baseball
  • hit a baseball
  • sign a baseball
  • a leather baseball
同義詞
  • ball

    general term; 'baseball' is more specific to this sport's ball

文法句型

throw a baseball

catch a baseball

用法筆記

Countable in this sense, unlike sense 1. The plural 'baseballs' is normal: 'a bag of baseballs'. If you mean the sport, drop the article.

常見錯誤

He bought baseball at the store.
He bought a baseball at the store.
countable: needs an article or plural form.
慣用語

inside baseball

idiom

small, technical details about a subject that mainly interest specialists or insiders and bore most other people.

內行話；圈內細節

The senator's speech was full of inside baseball that confused ordinary voters.

Sorry for the inside baseball, but the new tax rule changes how we file form 8862.

同根字

  • baseballer
    名詞C1
  • baseball player
    名詞A2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • baseball game
  • baseball team
  • baseball player
  • baseball cap
  • baseball bat
  • baseball field
  • baseball season

常用片語

  • play baseball
  • watch baseball
  • love baseball
  • follow baseball

介系詞搭配

  • at baseball (be good at)
  • in baseball (in the world of baseball)