ball

• n. 球；舞会
• vi. 成团块
• vt. 捏成球形
• n. (Ball)人名；(土)巴勒；(英、西)鲍尔；(法、德、俄、罗、捷)巴尔

1.球，来自PIE *bhel(2), 膨胀，鼓，词源同bawl, 碗。

2.跳舞，来自PIE *gwele, 扔，投，见ballistics. 最早的舞蹈通常与狂热的宗教仪式相关，因而词义由扔，投过渡到舞蹈。

1. 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"

2. a solid ball shot by a musket;

"they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"

3. an object with a spherical shape;

"a ball of fire"

4. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance;

"the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"

5. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

6. a spherical object used as a plaything;

"he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"

7. a compact mass;

"a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

8. a lavish formal dance

9. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb;

"he stood on the balls of his feet"

10. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;

"he played baseball in high school"

"there was a baseball game on every empy lot"

"there was a desire for National League ball in the area"

"play ball!"

11. a pitch that is not in the strike zone;

"he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"

ball

ball: There are two distinct words ball in English. The ‘round object’ [13] comes via Old Norse böllr from a prehistoric Germanic *balluz (source also of bollock [OE], originally a diminutive form). A related form was Germanic *ballōn, which was borrowed into Italian to give palla ‘ball’, from which French probably acquired balle.

Derivatives of this branch of the family to have reached English are balloon [16], from French ballon or Italian ballone, and ballot [16], from the Italian diminutive form ballotta (originally from the use of small balls as counters in secret voting). The Germanic stem form *bal-, *bul- was also the ultimate source of English bowl ‘receptacle’.

The ‘dancing’ ball [17] comes from French bal, a derivative of the now obsolete verb bal(l)er ‘dance’, which was descended via late Latin ballāre from Greek ballízein ‘dance’. Related words in English include ballad(e) [14], which came via Old French from Provençal balada ‘song or poem to dance to’, and ballet.
=> ballon, ballot, bollock; ballad, ballet

ball (n.1)

"round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (cognates: Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).

Meaning "testicle" is from early 14c. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c. 1200; To have the ball "hold the advantage" is from c. 1400. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1946. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c. 1900.

ball (n.2)

"dancing party," 1630s, from French, from Old French baller "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance," from Greek ballizein "to dance, jump about" (see ballistics). Hence, "very enjoyable time," 1945, American English slang, perhaps back to 1930s in black slang.

ball (v.)

1650s, "make into a ball," from ball (n.1). Sense of "to become like a ball" is 1713; that of "to copulate" is first recorded 1940s in jazz slang, either from the noun sense of "testicle" or "enjoyable time" (from ball (n.2)). Related: Balled; balling.

ball, dance

这两个名词均有"舞会"之意。

ball： 多指社交性的舞会，场面较为隆重和正式。

dance： 指一般性的非正式舞会。

You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

How can you predict where the ball you tossed will land?

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

While ones in physics say:" How can you predict where the ball you tossed will land?"

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Now, she attributes much of her understanding of college to that: But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Bates College in Maine and Ball State University in Indiana are among other colleges offering three-year options.

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Now, she attributes much of her understanding of college to that: "But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for."

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So guess where the ball will go?

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That means when a golfer tells himself "Don't hit the ball into the water", his mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water.

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They have to give so much thought and attention to the low-level mechanics of handling the ball, or fingering the keys or reading the music, that they are unable to give any thought to the thing that matters—the game, or the music, respectively.

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What they don't need to do—what would be a distraction—is to have to think about where their fingers are, or how to control the ball while running.

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I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available.

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If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance.

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It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.

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She was knocked down by a ball.

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You can play with all the dogs at the ball house.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Paris of opponents hit the ball back and forth until one winner emerges from all who entered.

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My hands were balled into fists.

我把双手攥成拳头。

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He sent over a high ball.

他投了一个高球。

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They've offered me the job, so the ball's in my court now.

他们已答应把那份工作给我，下一步就看我怎么办了。

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The new publicity manager is really on the ball.

新任宣传部经理的确精明干练。

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I panicked, I cried─the whole ball of wax.

我惊慌失措，我大喊大叫——什么反应都有。

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Her hands balled into fists.

她双手攥拳。

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a golf/tennis/cricket ball

高尔夫球；网球；板球

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Bounce the ball and try and hit it over the net.

让球反弹起来，然后试着把它打过网。

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The sun was a huge ball of fire low on the horizon.

落在地平线上的太阳像个大火球。

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a ball of string

一团线

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Some animals roll themselves into a ball for protection.

有些动物蜷缩成一团以保护自己。

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...unhappy mothers trying to juggle ten balls in the air.

同时要做无数件事情的可怜的母亲

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She really is on the ball; she's bought houses at auctions so she knows what she's doing.

她很精明干练；她通过拍卖购过房，所以知道自己在做什么。

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The association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks and building societies refuse to play ball.

该协会威胁说如果银行和建屋互助会不配合的话，它将不再提供支持。

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The ball's now in your court — you have to decide what you're going to do.

轮到你了——你必须决定自己要做什么。

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He will go to the Middle East next week to get the ball rolling again on peace talks...

他下周将前往中东，开始重启和谈。

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I just want enough cash to start the ball rolling.

我只是想有足够的启动资金。

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Outside the boys were sitting on the ground and, going by the gales of laughter, they were having a ball.

男孩们在户外席地而坐，从阵阵笑声来看，他们玩得很开心。

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The detective has to discover the motive, the means and the opportunity and has to keep these three balls in the air.

那名侦探必须查明动机、手段和时机，而且对这三项的调查必须同步展开。

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They heard a loud explosion and saw a ball of fire go up.

他们听见一声爆炸的巨响，看见一个火球腾空而起。

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He picked up the sheets of paper, and balled them tightly in his fists...

他抓起那几张纸，在手里紧紧攥成团。

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His hands balled into fists...

他攥起了拳头。

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...a golf ball.

高尔夫球

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...a tennis ball.

网球

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Thomas screwed the letter up into a ball...

托马斯把信揉成一团。

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