basket
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plural baskets
plural baskets
Learner's definition of BASKET
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a : a container usually made by weaving together long thin pieces of material篮；筐；篓 — see also breadbasket, handbasket, wastebasket
- wicker/straw/wire baskets柳条筐；草篮；铁丝筐
- a fruit basket = a basket filled with fruit水果篮
- a laundry basket [=a basket that holds dirty clothes]洗衣篮
- They brought their lunch in a picnic basket.他们用一个野餐提篮带来了自己的午餐。
b : the amount contained in a basket一篮，一筐，一篓（的量）
- a basket [=basketful] of eggs一篮鸡蛋
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basketball
a : a net hanging from a thin metal ring that the ball must go through in order to score points（篮球运动中的）篮
- His shot missed the basket completely.他完全没有投中篮筐。
b : a successful shot投篮得分；投球中篮
- She made/scored a basket. [=she scored points by making a shot that went through the basket]她投中得分了。
put all your eggs in one basket
— basketful
noun, plural basketfuls [count]- a basketful of eggs一篮子鸡蛋
