Ball

(noun.) a pitch that is not in the strike zone; 'he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him'.

(noun.) the game of baseball.

(noun.) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; 'the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve'; 'the mayor threw out the first ball'; 'the ball rolled into the corner pocket'.

(noun.) a spherical object used as a plaything; 'he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub'.

(noun.) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; 'the ball at the base of the thumb'; 'he stood on the balls of his feet'.

(noun.) a lavish dance requiring formal attire.

(noun.) a compact mass; 'a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder'.

(noun.) the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; 'the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded'.

(noun.) United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989).

(noun.) an object with a spherical shape; 'a ball of fire'.

(verb.) form into a ball by winding or rolling; 'ball wool'.

录入:史黛西

• The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I should very much like to go,' said Mr. Tupman, resuming the subject of the ball, 'very much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There's where the ball-room's to be, with a gallery connecting it: billiard-room and so on above. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Her lodgings were hard by; and they threaded through the crowd without, where everything seemed to be more astir than even in the ball-room within. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I wore them to my first ball. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Here, bending towards Mr. Pickwick, he whispered in a deep, hollow voice, 'A Buff ball, Sir, will take place in Birmingham to-morrow evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• When he was speaking of it in that way, I honestly said that _the_ _world_ I could give upparties, balls, playsfor I had no fear of retirement. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The explanation of this well-known fact is found in a further study of the elastic balls (Fig. 170). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Take my ticker and such of your things as you can SPARE, and send them to Balls--we must, of coarse, have the sum to-night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Then he heard a horse coming, the hoofs balled with the wet snow thumping dully as the horseman trotted. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The general black-balling had begun. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

校对:蒂米