English Dictionary

slowball

名詞

(baseball) A pitch that is not a fastball or curveball; often a change-up. / Steady, cautionary behavior as a delaying tactic. / An easy or obvious target.

日本語の意味

野球で、速球やカーブボールではなく、主にチェンジアップに分類される球種 / 先延ばし策として用いられる、じわじわと進行する慎重な行動 / 容易に攻撃できる、標的になりやすい存在

The pitcher used a slowball to keep the hitter off-balance in the seventh inning.

投手は7回に打者のタイミングを外すためにオフスピードの球を投げた。

意味（1）

(baseball) A pitch that is not a fastball or curveball; often a change-up.

意味（2）

Steady, cautionary behavior as a delaying tactic.

“We imagine that the Russians and the Chinese are going to play slowball here,” said a senior official involved in the sanctions talks.

意味（3）

An easy or obvious target.

Remember: In work problems, use your common sense to narrow down answer choices! Now we're going to throw a slowball at you.

slowballs （ plural ）