Preseason is the stretch of time just before a sport’s real season starts. Teams train, try out new players, and play practice matches.

Preseason季前 is是 the stretch of time正式球季開始前的那段時間 just before a sport's real season starts。Teams球隊 train訓練, try out new players試用新球員, and而且 play practice matches打練習賽。

You will see it as a noun (“in the preseason”) and, very often, in front of another noun like an adjective: preseason training, a preseason match.

You你 will see it會看到它 as a noun當名詞用 (“in the preseason”「在季前」) and而且, very often很常見地, in front of another noun擺在另一個名詞前面 like an adjective當形容詞用: preseason training季前訓練, a preseason match季前賽。

In American football and basketball, preseason games look official on television, though actually they usually do not count in the same way as the regular season. In football (soccer), people talk about pre-season friendlies. Baseball fans in Taiwan know the same idea as 季前訓練 and 熱身賽.

In American football and basketball在美式足球和籃球裡, preseason games季前賽 look official看起來很正式 on television在電視轉播上, though actually不過事實上 they這些比賽 usually do not count通常不算數 in the same way as the regular season跟正規賽季一樣。In football (soccer)在足球(soccer)裡, people大家 talk about會說 pre-season friendlies季前熱身賽。Baseball fans in Taiwan台灣的棒球迷 know知道的 the same idea同樣的概念 as 季前訓練就是「季前訓練」 and和 熱身賽「熱身賽」。

The hyphen wobbles: preseason and pre-season are both used; British sports pages like the hyphen more. A verb “to preseason” exists on paper, but you almost never need it.

The hyphen這個連字號 wobbles搖擺不定: preseason and pre-season preseason和pre-season are both used兩種寫法都有人用; British sports pages英國的體育版 like更喜歡 the hyphen more加連字號那種寫法。A verb一個動詞 “to preseason”「preseason」當動詞用 exists on paper紙面上是存在的, but但 you你 almost never need it幾乎用不到。

Season here is the sports year, not salt and pepper, and not the four seasons of weather — though of course a sports season often sits inside one of those.

Season這裡的season here is指的是 the sports year運動賽季, not salt and pepper不是胡椒鹽那個season, and而且 not也不是 the four seasons of weather天氣的四季——though of course當然, a sports season一個運動賽季 often常常 sits inside one of those就落在四季當中的某一季裡。