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spitball

/spit-bawl/US // ˈspɪtˌbɔl //

唾液球,口水球,吐球,吐珠

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
    • : Also called spitter. Baseball. a pitch, illegal since 1920, made to curve by moistening one side of the ball with saliva or other slippery substance, as perspiration or petroleum jelly
  1. 1
    • : Informal. to throw out new ideas by engaging in spontaneous and unfiltered brainstorming: I’m just spitballing here, but I think we should ask the interns to test the product at home.Now that the film is in production, it’s too late to spitball an alternate ending.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpropose
Synonyms
ask问,请,问道,请问come up with想出,想出了,想出的,提出的introduce介绍,介绍一下,引入,推出nominate提名,推举,推选,推荐offer提供,提议,优惠,提价recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐request要求,请求,请,求submit提交,递交,呈交,呈报urge敦促,督促,促成,促请adduce引入,援引,引进,介绍advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款advise劝告,劝说,建议,告知affirm申明,肯定,确认,申报assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的broach拉环,拉钩,拉丝,锦囊contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取counsel顾问,律师,咨询,辅导员invite邀约,邀,征求意见,征求意见稿kibitz越界,越多越好,越狱,越界而行name名称,名字,名,姓名pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的prefer偏爱,喜欢,倾向于,偏向于press按压,按,按键,按语proffer提出建议,提议,承诺,允诺proposition提议,命题,观点,建议propound阐释,阐述,阐明,阐发solicit征求意见,邀约,征求,征集state国家,国家的,国家的情况tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模volunteer志愿者,义工,志愿,自愿者hit on撞上了,撞上,撞到了,谈到了hold out坚守,坚持,坚持不懈,撑住lay before摆在面前的,摆在面前的是,摆在面前,摆在眼前的是lay on the line敷衍了事,敷衍塞责,放线make a motion提出动议,提出议案,提出動議make a pitch做好宣传,抛出橄榄枝,抛砖引玉,抛头露面move for争取,行动起来吧,行动起来,采取行动propone预言家,提倡,预言,推进put forward提出来的,提出了,提出的,提出put to付给,交给,投入到,投入put up摆放,摆设,摆出,摆上set forth陈述,阐述了,阐述,阐明了speak one's piece直言不讳,各抒己见,直言相告
as inpropound
Synonyms
broach拉环,拉钩,拉丝,锦囊proffer提出建议,提议,承诺,允诺set forth陈述,阐述了,阐述,阐明了adduce引入,援引,引进,介绍advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款advise劝告,劝说,建议,告知affirm申明,肯定,确认,申报ask问,请,问道,请问assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取counsel顾问,律师,咨询,辅导员introduce介绍,介绍一下,引入,推出invite邀约,邀,征求意见,征求意见稿kibitz越界,越多越好,越狱,越界而行name名称,名字,名,姓名nominate提名,推举,推选,推荐offer提供,提议,优惠,提价pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的prefer偏爱,喜欢,倾向于,偏向于press按压,按,按键,按语proposition提议,命题,观点,建议recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐request要求,请求,请,求solicit征求意见,邀约,征求,征集state国家,国家的,国家的情况submit提交,递交,呈交,呈报suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模urge敦促,督促,促成,促请volunteer志愿者,义工,志愿,自愿者come up with想出,想出了,想出的,提出的hit on撞上了,撞上,撞到了,谈到了hold out坚守,坚持,坚持不懈,撑住lay before摆在面前的,摆在面前的是,摆在面前,摆在眼前的是lay on the line敷衍了事,敷衍塞责,放线make a motion提出动议,提出议案,提出動議make a pitch做好宣传,抛出橄榄枝,抛砖引玉,抛头露面move for争取,行动起来吧,行动起来,采取行动propone预言家,提倡,预言,推进put forward提出来的,提出了,提出的,提出put to付给,交给,投入到,投入put up摆放,摆设,摆出,摆上speak one's piece直言不讳,各抒己见,直言相告
as inconceive
as infancy
as inhatch

Examples

  • Then take a wrapped straw, unwrap it, tear off a little piece of paper and make a spitball.

  • Where was the outrage when Gaylord Perry, whose best pitch was an illegal spitball, was still elected to the Hall of Fame?

  • But the very first "spitball" which spattered upon the blackboard proved a disastrous missile for its thrower.

  • Hooper was a spitball artist, and his moist slants kept the Giants guessing in the early part of the game.

  • He had never cared for the spitball, as he knew that sooner or later it destroyed a pitchers effectiveness.

  • There are also other modifications called "the fade away," "the spitball," and others.

  • I thought I could go through the motion of throwing a spitball without letting it go.