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play volleyball
表示运动项目时，volleyball 前不加冠词，并与 play 搭配。
We play volleyball every Saturday at the beach.
我们每周六在海滩打排球。
排球
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排球
volleyball
We play volleyball every Saturday at the beach.
我们每周六在海滩打排球。
一种在矩形场地上进行的比赛,两队各二至六人,将球来回击过网。
A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
排球运动
a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
用于该运动的充气球。
The inflated ball used in such a game.
排球(球)
an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
We play volleyball every Saturday at the beach.
我们每个周六在海滩打排球。
She watched the volleyball final on TV last night.
她昨晚在电视上观看了排球决赛。
Our school volleyball team practices every afternoon.
我们学校的排球队每天下午训练。
表示运动项目时，volleyball 前不加冠词，并与 play 搭配。
We play volleyball every Saturday at the beach.
我们每周六在海滩打排球。
volleyball 可直接修饰名词，表示与排球运动相关的事物。
She is the captain of the school volleyball team.
她是学校排球队的队长。
指具体的球时，volleyball 是可数名词，复数形式为 volleyballs。
He bought a new volleyball for the game.
他为比赛买了一个新排球。
Not this
I like playing the volleyball.
Use this
I like playing volleyball.
把 volleyball 用作‘排球运动’时是不可数名词，前面不加定冠词 the；只有指具体的球体时才说 a volleyball 或 the volleyball。
Not this
She does volleyball after school.
Use this
She plays volleyball after school.
英语中球类运动要用动词 play 搭配，不能用 do；do 一般用于体操、瑜伽等非球类运动或活动。
Not this
Let's play volleyballs together.
Use this
Let's play volleyball together.
表示‘排球运动’时 volleyball 是不可数名词，不能用复数；volleyballs 只表示多个排球球体。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打排球
We play volleyball at the beach every weekend.
我们每个周末都在海滩打排球。
沙滩排球
Beach volleyball is very popular in this seaside town.
沙滩排球在这个海滨小镇非常受欢迎。
排球队
She joined the school volleyball team last year.
她去年加入了学校排球队。
排球场
The match will take place on the outdoor volleyball court.
比赛将在室外排球场进行。
排球比赛
We watched an exciting volleyball match on TV.
我们在电视上观看了一场精彩的排球比赛。
排球运动员
He is one of the best volleyball players in the country.
他是这个国家最优秀的排球运动员之一。
Use volleyball naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把volley想成球在网上“飞来飞去”，ball是球，想象两队轮流把球击过网，记住排球就是“飞球”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports、school、daily conversation 该词为中性常用词，通常用于体育、日常交流及课堂教学等场景，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
本词条义项为“排球运动”，不可数；不要用复数 volleyballs 表示该义项。
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