baseball

baseball — noun

1. a sport, especially popular in the United States and Japan, in which two nine-pe

1.名詞A1
釋義

a sport, especially popular in the United States and Japan, in which two nine-person teams take turns swinging a long wooden or metal stick to hit a small ball, and then running between four corners of a diamond-shaped area to score points called runs.

例句

Diego has played baseball for his school team since he was eight.

play baseball

On Sunday afternoons, Grandpa watches baseball on TV with a bowl of peanuts.

watch baseball

文法句型

play baseball

watch baseball

用法筆記

Uncountable when it names the sport itself; do not use 'a' or 'the' before it (✗ a baseball ✓ baseball). For the object you hit, use sense 2.

常見錯誤

❌I play the baseball every weekend.
✅I play baseball every weekend.
💡sport names take no article after 'play'.
❌My brother is good at a baseball.
✅My brother is good at baseball.
💡uncountable when referring to the sport.

2. the small, hard, white ball, usually stitched in red, that players throw, hit, a

2.名詞A2
釋義

the small, hard, white ball, usually stitched in red, that players throw, hit, and catch in the sport of baseball.

例句

Aiko signed the baseball and gave it to her nephew as a birthday gift.

countable: 'a baseball' / 'the baseball'

The dog ran into the garden and brought back a muddy baseball.

同義詞
  • ball

    general term; 'baseball' is more specific to this sport's ball

文法句型

throw a baseball

catch a baseball

用法筆記

Countable in this sense, unlike sense 1. The plural 'baseballs' is normal: 'a bag of baseballs'. If you mean the sport, drop the article.

常見錯誤

❌He bought baseball at the store.
✅He bought a baseball at the store.
💡countable: needs an article or plural form.