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单词 softball
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Definition of softball in English:

softball

noun ˈsɒf(t)bɔːlˈsɔf(t)ˌbɔl
mass noun
  • 1A modified form of baseball played on a smaller field with a larger, softer ball, seven rather than nine innings, and underarm pitching. The game evolved in the US during the late 19th century from a form of indoor baseball.

    垒球运动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm off to visit my best friend and see his kids play baseball and softball, respectively, so there'll be nothing new until tomorrow at least.
    • The Pattaya Softball Team would like to invite all for a Sunday afternoon game of slow pitch softball at the fields of Pattaya Sport Flying Club.
    • I'll be busy with softball and baseball all summer, but hopefully will have time to shoot some hoops with my boys as well.
    • Women's softball and field hockey teams from China and Japan are scheduled to meet early in the games.
    • More men favor football, frisbee golf, table tennis, and golf, while more women prefer gymnastics, field hockey, and softball.
    • Action continues all weekend, culminating Sunday afternoon with the completion of athletics, along with baseball, softball and soccer.
    • While she's a former athlete - she played softball, basketball and field hockey growing up - she never took jogs longer than an hour, even before her bout with melanoma.
    • Varsity softball and baseball are able, for the first time in college history, to practice and scrimmage outdoors and under lights in preparation for spring season.
    • Distance running was followed in injury frequency by gymnastics, basketball, soccer, track and field, softball, and tennis.
    • The history that Nava gave was that he was active physically, playing baseball, softball, slow pitch and later golf.
    • He also photographs most of Auckland's representative sports teams including rugby, rugby league, netball, softball, boxing and cricket.
    • The games of Little League baseball and softball are played on six continents in more than 100 countries by millions of children.
    • Babe was an All-American basketball player for three years, and was a champion at tennis, diving, baseball and softball.
    • It was not until very recently that women participated in physical activities more strenuous than gymnastics, soccer, softball, and basketball.
    • The network will also cover baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, hockey, wrestling, spring football and select high school football games.
    • As a youngster she played all the sports, especially basketball, track and field, and softball.
    • If space allows and the club has softball or soccer fields, the club can organize a league for children.
    • They teach Japanese language as well as Judo, Kendo, computer engineering, softball and baseball.
    • Most girls played softball, so finding baseball pitchers was often difficult.
    • Now we do free baseball / softball clinics with former Major Leaguers.
    1. 1.1count noun A ball used in softball.
      垒球
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Keep your chin raised, as though you're holding a softball under it.
      • So we grabbed an apple that was approximately the size of a softball, and decided to play Apple.
      • ‘Ironically, the extra weight helped me perform better when I pitched the softball or kicked the soccer ball,’ Gretchen says.
      • We started on slow-pitch softballs, mashing them around to build our confidence.
      • But strong, limber forearms allow you to lift greater amounts of weight as well as hit a softball or golf ball farther.
      • Rolling a ball at pins, throwing a discus or a softball, or spiking a volleyball incorporates the component of power.
      • Well, how about we come back here on Sunday and start practicing with softballs again?
      • The pitcher has to focus on his wrist movement and finger placement to keep the softball from cutting, techniques he hopes to carry into games.
      • I quickly sifted through the Nerf darts, footballs, softballs, and other various items in the barrels until I'd found a few things that might be useful.
      • Each girl produces a black cloth ball, about the size of a large softball, which she has sewn.
      • It's kind of like practicing hitting softballs at a batting cage in the outskirts of some small town when Hank Aaron shows up in the same cage and shows you how to hit the ball.
      • Ross lobbed a few softballs, because the audience expected that much at least, but expressly so that Tom could bat them away.
      • Huge hailstones, some the size of softballs, and driven by squally winds, struck the city and suburbs, particularly in the east.
      • These people have access to 79-cent fresh lemons the size of softballs in February, something kings couldn't have 226 years ago.
      • He grabbed a small spiked ball no bigger than a softball and attached it to the end of the chain.
      • The superproduce includes tomatoes as big as softballs and volleyball-size eggplants.
      • I thought about a lot more in that minute, too - freezing my tail off at barn-like arenas across Ontario, lobbing softballs towards home plate during practice, seeing her first goal tickle the twine on the soccer pitch.
      • I'd been hit in the head repeatedly with many different types; soccer, basketball, kickball, softball, and baseball.
      • The wooden balls grasped by huge bronze talons are the size of softballs.
      • I haven't seen that many softballs since I went to summer camp as a kid.

Definition of softball in US English:

softball

nounˈsɔf(t)ˌbɔlˈsôf(t)ˌbôl
  • 1A modified form of baseball played on a smaller field with a larger ball, seven rather than nine innings, and underarm pitching. The game evolved during the late 19th century from a form of indoor baseball.

    垒球运动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also photographs most of Auckland's representative sports teams including rugby, rugby league, netball, softball, boxing and cricket.
    • I'll be busy with softball and baseball all summer, but hopefully will have time to shoot some hoops with my boys as well.
    • Most girls played softball, so finding baseball pitchers was often difficult.
    • Varsity softball and baseball are able, for the first time in college history, to practice and scrimmage outdoors and under lights in preparation for spring season.
    • The history that Nava gave was that he was active physically, playing baseball, softball, slow pitch and later golf.
    • More men favor football, frisbee golf, table tennis, and golf, while more women prefer gymnastics, field hockey, and softball.
    • It was not until very recently that women participated in physical activities more strenuous than gymnastics, soccer, softball, and basketball.
    • If space allows and the club has softball or soccer fields, the club can organize a league for children.
    • The games of Little League baseball and softball are played on six continents in more than 100 countries by millions of children.
    • The network will also cover baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, hockey, wrestling, spring football and select high school football games.
    • Distance running was followed in injury frequency by gymnastics, basketball, soccer, track and field, softball, and tennis.
    • The Pattaya Softball Team would like to invite all for a Sunday afternoon game of slow pitch softball at the fields of Pattaya Sport Flying Club.
    • Action continues all weekend, culminating Sunday afternoon with the completion of athletics, along with baseball, softball and soccer.
    • Babe was an All-American basketball player for three years, and was a champion at tennis, diving, baseball and softball.
    • While she's a former athlete - she played softball, basketball and field hockey growing up - she never took jogs longer than an hour, even before her bout with melanoma.
    • I'm off to visit my best friend and see his kids play baseball and softball, respectively, so there'll be nothing new until tomorrow at least.
    • As a youngster she played all the sports, especially basketball, track and field, and softball.
    • Now we do free baseball / softball clinics with former Major Leaguers.
    • Women's softball and field hockey teams from China and Japan are scheduled to meet early in the games.
    • They teach Japanese language as well as Judo, Kendo, computer engineering, softball and baseball.
    1. 1.1 The ball used in the game of softball.
      垒球
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I quickly sifted through the Nerf darts, footballs, softballs, and other various items in the barrels until I'd found a few things that might be useful.
      • It's kind of like practicing hitting softballs at a batting cage in the outskirts of some small town when Hank Aaron shows up in the same cage and shows you how to hit the ball.
      • But strong, limber forearms allow you to lift greater amounts of weight as well as hit a softball or golf ball farther.
      • Huge hailstones, some the size of softballs, and driven by squally winds, struck the city and suburbs, particularly in the east.
      • These people have access to 79-cent fresh lemons the size of softballs in February, something kings couldn't have 226 years ago.
      • I thought about a lot more in that minute, too - freezing my tail off at barn-like arenas across Ontario, lobbing softballs towards home plate during practice, seeing her first goal tickle the twine on the soccer pitch.
      • Rolling a ball at pins, throwing a discus or a softball, or spiking a volleyball incorporates the component of power.
      • Keep your chin raised, as though you're holding a softball under it.
      • I'd been hit in the head repeatedly with many different types; soccer, basketball, kickball, softball, and baseball.
      • ‘Ironically, the extra weight helped me perform better when I pitched the softball or kicked the soccer ball,’ Gretchen says.
      • So we grabbed an apple that was approximately the size of a softball, and decided to play Apple.
      • Ross lobbed a few softballs, because the audience expected that much at least, but expressly so that Tom could bat them away.
      • Each girl produces a black cloth ball, about the size of a large softball, which she has sewn.
      • He grabbed a small spiked ball no bigger than a softball and attached it to the end of the chain.
      • The pitcher has to focus on his wrist movement and finger placement to keep the softball from cutting, techniques he hopes to carry into games.
      • I haven't seen that many softballs since I went to summer camp as a kid.
      • The superproduce includes tomatoes as big as softballs and volleyball-size eggplants.
      • The wooden balls grasped by huge bronze talons are the size of softballs.
      • We started on slow-pitch softballs, mashing them around to build our confidence.
      • Well, how about we come back here on Sunday and start practicing with softballs again?
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