knuckleball

n. [棒](投手投出的)不旋转球

词形变化

knuckleballs 复数 knuckleballs knuckleballed knuckleballing knuckleballs 三单 knuckleballing 现在分词 knuckleballed 过去式 knuckleballed 过去分词

别名

knuckle ball

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.

    体育 游戏

    Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

    Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.

  2. 2.

    A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.

    体育 游戏
  3. 3.

    An event that is hard to predict.

    比喻 非正式

    Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pitch knuckleballs.

    不及物 体育 游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

knuckler

上位词 2

delivery pitch

词源

From knuckle + ball.

来源：wiktionary