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basketball

/bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-/US // ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- //UK // (ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl) //

篮球,篮球运动,篮球赛,乒乓球

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket.
    • : the round, inflated ball approximately 30 inches in circumference, used in this game.

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Examples

  • The Associated Press issued men’s college basketball rankings this past Monday, and the list boiled with blasphemy.

  • Howard cancels men’s basketball season because of covid concerns

  • Hearing it so often — 162 times in a baseball season, half that in basketball or hockey — makes each version less special.

  • As Abdur-Rahim pushed the issue, basketball people he respected, including his friend and former agent Aaron Goodwin, convinced him the league needed to drastically increase the compensation and create a more refined program.

  • The Big Ten has moved its men’s basketball conference tournament to Indianapolis, the league announced Tuesday.

  • He was very even-keeled, goofy and liked to play basketball.

  • Soccer in the rest of the world is what we know as basketball.

  • It was around noon that Brinsley chucked the phone behind a radiator at the basketball stadium and went off the grid.

  • I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.

  • The basketball game was the final engagement on a seriously busy day for the young royals.

  • From what I was told he was a stevedore and had once been a professional basketball player.

  • The closed-bottom basket used in the game of basketball is so high that it is difficult to remove the ball after a goal is made.

  • Many members were not interested in basketball, except to look on.

  • A basketball is passed quickly around the circle, moving in one direction only.

  • A basketball is thrown from one player to another, across the circle, or may be passed to the nearest neighbor.