Basketball English #2

drill (noun) 鑽頭
a dentist's drill

drill (verb) 鑽

drill something - drill a hole in the frame

drill for something
they are drilling for oil off the coast 他們在海岸邊鑽油

drill through something
he drilled through the wall by mistake 他不小心鑽過牆

drilled a jumper 跳投得分 (想像：球鑽進籃框)
drained a jumper 跳投得分 (想像：球從籃框流出來)

buzz 產生連續的低音，產生像蜜蜂的嗡嗡聲，嗡嗡作響
droppings 動物的糞便，通常用複數
dog droppings
bird droppings

dog shit 是粗話

doormat 放在門附近讓人清理鞋子的東西，擦鞋墊
doormat (informal) 允許讓人不當對待也不會抱怨的人

make no mistake (about something) 使用做為強調，尤其是要警告某人關於某事
make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won't just go away

glory 榮耀
while the leg's are't quite what they are during the glory years 好漢不復當年勇 (兩條腿不比榮耀的時代)

muster 使出
muster 招集士兵
the troops mustered

vintage (noun) 酒生產的年代
the 1999 vintage

vintage (adj)
vintage wine 代表這酒放了很多年並有很好的品質
vintage 過去某段很好的期間
vintage tv drama
vintage year 代表很好且成功的一年
2008 was not a vintage year for the movies

Jordan mustered some vintage moves and a dunk out of his 38-year-old body
Jordan 已 38 歲之老，但它仍使出從前擅長的身手和灌籃的本領

fast break 快攻
swung the momentun 扭轉氣勢
swing 擺動，迴轉
momentun (物理) 動量，引申為氣勢
run 得分

a run of wet weather 連續的陰雨天

second-chance points 補籃得的分

a mid-range jumper 中距離跳投

sanwich man 抗議時身體前後夾著板子的人