softball
softball — noun
1. a game like baseball but with a bigger, softer ball that the pitcher sends to th
a game like baseball but with a bigger, softer ball that the pitcher sends to the batter from below the shoulder; players then try to hit the ball with a bat and run around four bases to earn points for their team.
Mira and her friends play softball every Saturday at the city park.
collocation: play + sport name
The school softball team practiced pitching and catching for two hours.
collocation: softball team / practice pitching
Softball became popular in many American schools during the 1930s.
Coach Eliska taught the beginners how to throw the ball underhand.
- baseball
a related but distinct sport with a smaller, harder ball and overhand pitching; 'softball' is not a synonym of 'baseball' but the two are often compared.
文法句型
softball as uncountable sport name
用法筆記
Unlike baseball, the pitcher throws the ball underhand in softball. The field is also smaller — bases are about 60 feet apart instead of 90.
常見錯誤
2. the large, soft ball that is used in the sport of softball — it is bigger and so
the large, soft ball that is used in the sport of softball — it is bigger and softer than a baseball, usually white or yellow, and about twelve inches around.
Mert tossed the softball to Cole before the match started.
toss + the softball + to + person
The player caught the white softball and threw it back to the pitcher.
A regulation softball is about twelve inches around and weighs six ounces.
Kemi bought a bright yellow softball for her daughter's first game.
文法句型
softball as a physical object
用法筆記
The softball is significantly larger than a baseball — approximately 12 inches (30 cm) around versus 9 inches (23 cm) for a baseball. Softballs are often bright yellow for better visibility.