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throw a fastball
The pitcher threw a fastball at 95 miles per hour.
投手以每小时95英里的速度投了一个快球。
快球
fastballs — plural of fastball
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
快球
a pitch thrown with maximum velocity in baseball
The pitcher threw a fastball at 95 miles per hour.
投手以每小时95英里的速度投了一个快球。
高速投出的棒球。
A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
一种四缝线快速球,通过握球使四道缝线穿过飞行路径,用食指和中指均匀施力投出,带有后旋。
A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers
The pitcher threw a fastball, and the batter swung too late.
投手投出一个快球，击球手挥棒太晚了。
He can hit a fastball better than any other pitch.
他打快球比打其他任何球种都好。
The coach taught the young player how to throw a fastball with more speed.
教练教年轻球员如何投出速度更快的快球。
The pitcher threw a fastball at 95 miles per hour.
投手以每小时95英里的速度投了一个快球。
He struggled to hit the fastball from the opposing pitcher.
他很难击中对方投手投出的快球。
His fastball speed has increased this season.
本赛季他的快球速度有所提高。
Not this
He fastballed the ball to home plate.
Use this
He threw a fastball to home plate.
fastball是名词，不能用作动词，应使用'throw a fastball'结构。
Not this
He threw two fastball.
Use this
He threw two fastballs.
fastball是可数名词，复数形式为fastballs，表示多个快球时需加-s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
投快球
He can throw a fastball over 95 miles per hour.
他能投出时速超过95英里的快球。
打快球
The batter struggled to hit the fastball.
击球手很难打到快球。
快球球速
His fastball velocity has increased this season.
本赛季他的快球球速有所提高。
四缝线快球
She is learning to throw a four-seam fastball.
她正在学习投四缝线快球。
以快球为主的投手
He is known as a fastball pitcher.
他以快球投手著称。
挥棒打快球
He swung at a fastball and missed.
他挥棒打快球，但没有击中。
给某人来个措手不及；给某人出一个难题
The interviewer threw me a fastball with that unexpected question.
面试官抛来那个出人意料的问题，让我措手不及。
正中下怀的良机；轻而易举的机遇
The new contract was a fastball down the middle for the company.
这份新合同对公司来说正中下怀。
快速球特别技！
In X-Men, Colossus shouts "Fastball Special!" before throwing Wolverine at a foe, making the move one of Marvel's most iconic team attacks.
在《X战警》中，钢人喊出“快速球特别技！”然后把金刚狼扔向敌人，使这一招式成为漫威最经典的合作攻击之一。
Use fastballs naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：fastball = fast（快）+ ball（球），想象投手甩臂瞬间，球高速呼啸进垒，打者来不及挥棒。
语域：neutral 常见场景：baseball games、sports commentary、casual conversation about baseball 该词为中性词，通常用于棒球运动的讨论中，如比赛解说、体育报道或日常谈论棒球时，比较常见于体育相关场景。
past、last、cast 与 fastball 开头的 fast- 发音相同，均为 /ɑːst/（试比较拼写中的 -ast）；ball、baseball、football 与 fastball 结尾的 -ball 拼写和发音相同，均为 /bɔːl/。注意这些词只和 fastball 的组成部分同音，并不与整个 fastball 押韵；另外 ball 的同音词 bawl 拼作 b-a-w-l。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.