English Dictionary

ball game

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɔːl ˌɡeɪm/

名詞

歴史的 比喩的用法 俗語

Any game played with a ball. / A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.

日本語の意味

ボールを使って行う競技全般、またはその試合（特に野球の試合を指す場合がある）

We decided to organize a friendly ball game in the park this Saturday.

私たちは今週の土曜日に公園で親善球技を開催することにしました。

意味（1）

Any game played with a ball.

Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.

意味（2）

A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.

George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.

意味（3）

(historical) A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.

The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.

Think things over, Callahan. Get with it. It's a whole new ball game these days.

意味（5）

(figuratively, slang) A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.

If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game.

ball games （ plural ）