basketball
/ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈba-skit-ˌbȯl/ (ame, mw)
basketball — 名詞
- basketballsingular
- basketballsplural
1. a court sport where five players on each side try to get points by putting the b
籃球
兩隊各五人投籃得分的運動
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.
Nina 每個星期五都在學校後面和表親打籃球。
play basketball
After dinner, Dad watched basketball and shouted at every missed shot.
晚飯後，爸爸看籃球轉播，只要球沒投進就會大叫。
watch basketball
Basketball became Quinn's favorite sport after the school joined a city league.
學校加入城市聯賽後，籃球成了 Quinn 最喜歡的運動。
In our town, basketball fills the park courts on warm summer nights.
在我們鎮上，溫暖的夏夜裡公園球場總是滿滿都是打籃球的人。
The children learned basketball at camp from two college coaches.
孩子們在營隊跟兩位大學教練學打籃球。
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
球；籃球
籃球比賽使用的大橘球
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.
Leo 把一顆籃球夾在手臂下，跑去練習。
countable: a basketball
The wet basketball slipped from Emma's hands near the free-throw line.
那顆濕掉的籃球在罰球線附近從 Emma 手中滑掉了。
Coach Park tossed three basketballs onto the floor before training started.
訓練開始前，Park 教練把三顆籃球丟到地板上。
A signed basketball sat in the glass case by the gym door.
一顆簽了名的籃球放在體育館門邊的玻璃櫃裡。
During recess, one basketball rolled into the flower bed.
下課休息時，一顆籃球滾進了花圃。
- 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.