softball

/sawft-bawl, soft-/US // ˈsɔftˌbɔl, ˈsɒft- //UK // (ˈsɒftˌbɔːl) //

垒球,软球,软式棒球,软式足球

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- : the ball itself.
- : something that can be easily dealt with: The confirmation committee threw her a softball on that question.

Examples

He was just 14 at the time, a young actor who played in a showbiz softball league one day and who showed up to the “Freaks and Geeks” set with his father the next.
Powdered, unflavored gelatin is bloomed in water while a mixture of sugar and corn syrup is boiled until it reaches 238 degrees, or softball stage on a candy thermometer.
His father needed a heart transplant, his mother lost vision when a softball hit her eye — and both parents lost their jobs.
Before the pandemic, his closest male friends were from the softball team he has played with for 14 years, every Thursday evening.
If you want to dominate your local softball league, for example, focus on workouts that will help you accelerate quickly and increase your rotational power.
Her back popped, leaving the former softball star frozen in excruciating pain.
Morning talk shows should be a doddle for a President: softball questions easily answered with a platitude or three.
Erick was in the kitchen with the girls, getting ready to leave for his softball game.
Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.
Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.
In lieu of the regulation softball used in the game of Corner Ball, Martha had stitched together a sort of large beanbag.
The level area between the creek and the road was large enough so we could have softball games and park cars there.
It is amazing that it only took us two days and there was room enough for a football field and two softball diamonds.
The football field was seldom used but there was always someone playing softball.
We played softball again here and I got a baseball uniform which I carried all the way home with me for a souvenir.

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Examples

He was just 14 at the time, a young actor who played in a showbiz softball league one day and who showed up to the “Freaks and Geeks” set with his father the next.

Powdered, unflavored gelatin is bloomed in water while a mixture of sugar and corn syrup is boiled until it reaches 238 degrees, or softball stage on a candy thermometer.

His father needed a heart transplant, his mother lost vision when a softball hit her eye — and both parents lost their jobs.

Before the pandemic, his closest male friends were from the softball team he has played with for 14 years, every Thursday evening.

If you want to dominate your local softball league, for example, focus on workouts that will help you accelerate quickly and increase your rotational power.

Her back popped, leaving the former softball star frozen in excruciating pain.

Morning talk shows should be a doddle for a President: softball questions easily answered with a platitude or three.

Erick was in the kitchen with the girls, getting ready to leave for his softball game.

Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.

Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.

In lieu of the regulation softball used in the game of Corner Ball, Martha had stitched together a sort of large beanbag.

The level area between the creek and the road was large enough so we could have softball games and park cars there.

It is amazing that it only took us two days and there was room enough for a football field and two softball diamonds.

The football field was seldom used but there was always someone playing softball.

We played softball again here and I got a baseball uniform which I carried all the way home with me for a souvenir.