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fadeaway

/feyd-uh-wey/US // ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ //

颓废的人,颓废派,颓废者,颓势

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of fading away.
    • : Baseball. screwball.
    • : Baseball. a slide made by a base runner to one side of the base, with one leg bent and stretched back to catch hold of the base.
    • : Basketball. a jump shot made while the player is falling away from the basket.

Examples

  • She capped a 12-2 run to close the first quarter with a fadeaway from the left wing.

  • Antetokounmpo settled for a difficult fadeaway out of the post on the group’s first possession and missed badly.

  • There’s the power drive as he attacks the basket, but as soon as defenders commit, Beal can stop on a dime for a step-back or fadeaway jumper.

  • You had everything—speed, curves, control, and that old fadeaway of yours was working like a charm.

  • With the next batter Bert made unsparing use of his fadeaway, and struck him out with little trouble.

  • Hughson, cool as an iceberg, brought his fadeaway into play and whiffed the next man up.

  • "Anyway, William, you might tell us whether you are going to use a straight ball or a curve and the fadeaway," pleaded Stanley.

  • Carson had been practicing on what he called a fadeaway ball, and now he thought this would be just the right thing to offer Sam.