Word
screwballs
螺旋球
screwballs is the plural of screwball.
a baseball pitch thrown with a twisting wrist motion
- 1.
A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
右手投手用食指施加压力并扭动手腕投出的球,使球向右移动。
- 2.
A screwball comedy.
滑稽喜剧。
神经喜剧；右手投手用食指施加压力并扭动手腕投出的球,使球向右移动。；滑稽喜剧。；怪人；疯子
In use
The pitcher threw a devastating screwball that fooled the batter.
My neighbor is a real screwball; he keeps 20 cats in his apartment.
The movie features a screwball who believes he is a superhero.
Connections
Collocations
- throw a screwball
- 投螺旋球
- The pitcher can throw a screwball with ease.这位投手可以轻松投出螺旋球。
- hit a screwball
- 击打螺旋球
- He struggled to hit the screwball.他很难击中螺旋球。
- screwball comedy
- 神经喜剧（荒诞喜剧）
- Bringing Up Baby is a classic screwball comedy.《育婴奇谭》是一部经典的神经喜剧。
- screwball pitcher
- 螺旋球投手
- He was a screwball pitcher in the majors.他曾是大联盟的螺旋球投手。
Synonyms
- farce
- 闹剧 · farce 泛指以夸张情节和巧合制造笑料的喜剧；screwball comedy 是更具体的浪漫机智型闹剧，替代时注意范围较窄。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：screw（拧）＋ball（球）——拧腕投出的怪球；也指“拧巴”古怪的滑稽喜剧。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：baseball broadcasting、movie reviews 这个名词有两个专门的领域用法：棒球中指螺旋球，常见于比赛解说和棒球技术讨论；影视中指神经喜剧，多见于影评和电影类型介绍。整体属于特定领域的用词，日常口语很少使用，正式程度随话题而变化。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
crew、brew、drew 和 screwball 中的 '-ew' 都发 /uː/，但它们不与整个单词押韵，因为 screwball 的重读音节后还有 /bɔːl/。baseball、football、basketball 在拼写上以 '-ball' 结尾，与 screwball 相似，但重读元音不同（/eɪ/、/ʊ/、/ɑː/），所以只是形似词，不是押韵词。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.