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Bullets 音標拼音: [b'ʊləts] 項目符號 項目符號 Ball \ Ball\ ( b[ add] l), n. [ OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[" o] llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st { Bale}, n., { Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See { Baseball}, and { Football}. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called { bullets}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Print.) A leather- covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller. [ 1913 Webster] 7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. -- White. [ 1913 Webster] 9. The globe or earth. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Move round the dark terrestrial ball. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 10. ( Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter, which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not greater than the batter' s shoulder nor less than his knee ( i. e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching four balls is called a walk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC] 10. a testicle; usually used in the plural. [ vulgar] [ PJC] 11. pl. courage; nerve. [ vulgar] [ PJC] { Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. { Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. { Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. { Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. { Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. -- Knight. { Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock. { Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. { Ball valve} ( Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. { Ball vein} ( Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. { Three balls}, or { Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker' s sign or shop. { on the ball} alert; competent and knowledgeable. { to carry the ball} to carry on the task; to assume the responsibility. { to drop the ball} to fail to perform as expected; to fail to live up to a responsibility. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Globe}. [ 1913 Webster]
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