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curveballs

/ˈkɜːrvbɔːlz/ /ˈkɜːrvbɑːlz/

Meanings
noun

曲线球, 变化球

A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"

Examples :

"He bit on a curveball in the dirt."
他挥棒落空，打了个挖地曲线球。
sport technical

Related Words

Illustration thrown

thrown verb

/θɹəʊn/ /θɹoʊn/

投掷，扔。

"The soccer ball was thrown from the field to the parking lot. "

足球从球场被扔到了停车场。

Illustration middle

middle noun

/ˈmɪdəl/ /ˈmɘdɘl/

中间，中央。

"The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle."

圆的中心点到圆上任意一点的距离都相等。

Illustration curveball

curveball noun

/ˈkɜːrvbɔːl/ /ˈkɜːrbɔl/

曲线球，变化球。

"He bit on a curveball in the dirt."

他被一个落地曲线球骗到了。

Illustration motion

motion noun

/ˈməʊʃən/ /ˈmoʊʃən/

运动，移动。

"The motion of the train was slow, taking hours to reach the next town. "

火车的移动很缓慢，开了好几个小时才到达下一个镇子。

Illustration resulting

resulting verb

/ɹɪˈzʌltɪŋ/

产生，造成。

"The lack of sleep resulted in a poor performance on the math test. "

缺乏睡眠导致了数学考试的糟糕表现。

Illustration rotating

rotating verb

/ˈroʊteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈroʊˌteɪtɪŋ/

旋转，转动。

"He rotated in his chair to face me."

他转过椅子，面对着我。

Illustration events

events noun

/ɪˈvɛnts/

事件，活动。

"The school organizes many fun events throughout the year, like sports day and the school fair. "

学校全年组织很多有趣的活动，比如运动会和学校集市。

Illustration fingers

fingers noun

/ˈfɪŋɡəz/ /ˈfɪŋɡɚz/

手指, 手指头。

"Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers."

人类有两只手和十根手指头。每只手有一根拇指和四根手指。

Illustration initiated

initiated verb

/ɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd/

开始，发起.

"The teacher initiated the lesson by asking a question. "

老师通过提问的方式开始了这节课。

Illustration opponent

opponent noun

/ɒpəʊnənt/

对手，敌人.

"During the crackdown, many opponents of the regime were arrested."

在镇压期间，许多反对该政权的对手被逮捕了。

Illustration unexpected

unexpected adjective

/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

出乎意料，始料未及。

"The heavy rain was unexpected; we had planned a picnic in the park. "

这场大雨真是出乎意料，我们本来计划在公园野餐的。

Illustration extension

extension noun

/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

延伸，扩大，扩展

"The library offered an extension on the due date for the overdue books. "

图书馆允许延期归还那些已经过期的书。