核心畫面
Picture the hoop up on the board and five players a side trying to drop the ball through it. English names the game from that target, and then uses the very same word for the ball they are throwing.
可以想成：籃板上那個高高的圈，兩隊各五個人想辦法把球投進去。英文用那個目標替這項運動命名，然後又用完全同一個字來稱呼…更多收起
可以想成：籃板上那個高高的圈，兩隊各五個人想辦法把球投進去。英文用那個目標替這項運動命名，然後又用完全同一個字來稱呼他們手上那顆球。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
basketballnoun/ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/
- 1
hobbieslifestylesportsA sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
- to play basketball
- He pursued basketball as his career.
- 2
The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
basketballverb/ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/
- 1
informalTo play basketball.
- by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league
- 2
informalTo throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.
- He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。