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softball

/sawft-bawl, soft-/US // ˈsɔftˌbɔl, ˈsɒft- //UK // (ˈsɒftˌbɔːl) //

垒球,软球,软式棒球,软式足球

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
    • : the ball itself.
    • : something that can be easily dealt with: The confirmation committee threw her a softball on that question.

Examples

  • He was just 14 at the time, a young actor who played in a showbiz softball league one day and who showed up to the “Freaks and Geeks” set with his father the next.

  • Powdered, unflavored gelatin is bloomed in water while a mixture of sugar and corn syrup is boiled until it reaches 238 degrees, or softball stage on a candy thermometer.

  • His father needed a heart transplant, his mother lost vision when a softball hit her eye — and both parents lost their jobs.

  • Before the pandemic, his closest male friends were from the softball team he has played with for 14 years, every Thursday evening.

  • If you want to dominate your local softball league, for example, focus on workouts that will help you accelerate quickly and increase your rotational power.

  • Her back popped, leaving the former softball star frozen in excruciating pain.

  • Morning talk shows should be a doddle for a President: softball questions easily answered with a platitude or three.

  • Erick was in the kitchen with the girls, getting ready to leave for his softball game.

  • Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.

  • Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.

  • In lieu of the regulation softball used in the game of Corner Ball, Martha had stitched together a sort of large beanbag.

  • The level area between the creek and the road was large enough so we could have softball games and park cars there.

  • It is amazing that it only took us two days and there was room enough for a football field and two softball diamonds.

  • The football field was seldom used but there was always someone playing softball.

  • We played softball again here and I got a baseball uniform which I carried all the way home with me for a souvenir.