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词汇 basketball
释义 basketball
noun
uk /ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl/ us /ˈbæs.kət.bɑːl/
A1[ U ]
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring篮球;篮球运动
 
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[ C ]
the ball used in the game of basketball:
He walked along bouncing a basketball.
 
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Do you play any other sports besides football and basketball?
The men's basketball final will be on Sunday.男子篮球决赛将在星期天举行。
The sports centre has a basketball court and two squash courts.
People keep trying to persuade him to take up basketball because he's so tall and athletic.
A 10-pound pumpkin (about the size of a basketball) is $2.50 at the farmers' market.
The sports shop stocks basketballs, nets, rings and various other basketball equipment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Basketball, netball & volleyball
airball
alley-oop
b-ball
backcourt
backfield
dime
dunk
foul
game ball
goaltending
granny shot
half-court
half-court press
pivot
quintet
rebound
rebounder
rebounding
reverse dribble
turnover
Examples from literature

Earl Boykins is a professional basketball player in the NBA – and he’s only 1.65 meters tall and weighs 60 kilograms. 
It gives balls – basketballs, tennis balls, even golf balls – their bounce. 
It tells the story of Conroy’s love for basketball. 
Other balls such as basketballs and soccer balls contain a rubber bladder – an airtight pocket – full of compressed air. 
Soccer, basketball, tennis, and other sports now attract more spectators. 
What are their chances of becoming professional athletes in one of these team sports: baseball, basketball, hockey, or American football? 
When we hear the word “sport,” we usually think of football, basketball, the Olympic Games, and things like that. 
A student in one of our Church schools was once heard to say, "My teacher teaches me more religion by the way he plays basketball than by the way he teaches theology." 
I am just as enthusiastic over basketball as ever, only I haven't had the time to devote to it that I did last year. 
I know it, replied Grace, "but after Thanksgiving we'll only meet once in two weeks, for I must get my basketball team in shape, and you see all the members belong to the society." 
There are two girls on the sophomore and three on the freshman team whose basketball ardor will have to cool until after the mid-year exams. 

basketball | American Dictionary


basketball
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈbæs·kɪtˌbɔl/
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing the ball through a net that hangs from a metal ring, or the ball used in this game

Examples of basketball


basketball
Then groups of young people played instruments informally, chatted, exchanged, toured the school, played basketball and generally and genuinely interacted.
On top of the deck is a basketball court.
The town erected a statue of him and named a street and their new basketball gym after him.
For every million instances of playing basketball, approximately 1900 individuals will sustain injuries, including 180 broken bones and 58 permanent disabilities.
And pity the poor child who is the clone of a famous basketball player.
The personnel officer of the company interviewed the basketball player.
These changes in the rules of basketball and soccer may be sensible responses to "natural" enhancements.
He was about winning basketball and winning as human beings.
Named after the play in basketball, it means to aggressively put the moves on, or to hit on someone.
Consider the case of teams, such as basketball teams, playing in a league.
She also taught children to play football and basketball.
The teachers' pleas for calm were greeted with cheers that would not have been out of place at a basketball game.
At this point, can we say that the sport of basketball has been enhanced?
In basketball, taller players are also at an advantage.
Three of us did graduate work at schools with great basketball teams and fell in love with the sport.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withbasketball


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basketball arena
Planning has been announced for a new basketballarena.
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basketball camp
Bailey's basketball camps often focus on students with serious illnesses or disadvantaged backgrounds.
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basketball career
Throughout his youth, and continuing through his college basketballcareer, he played bass guitar at his father's church.
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