Basketball English #8

dub somebody + noun 給予某人稱號

acrobatic (adj)
involving or performing difficult acts or movements with the body 具高超技巧的
An acrobatic dancer

leap (v.)
to jump high or a long way
(應該比 jump 跳得高)
A dolphin leapt out of the water

ignite (v.)
to start to burn; to make something start to burn 點燃，使某物點燃
也可以指 "發動" 汽車引擎，更進一步來比喻 "發動" "發起" 某事件
Gas ignites easily

surge (n.)
* a sudden increase of a strong feeling = rush
a surge of excitement

* surge (of something)
a sudden, strong forward or upward movement
a surge of people 一波波的人潮

* a sudden increase in the flow of electrical power through a system 突來的電波
An electrical surge damaged the computer's disk drive

DWI, Driving While Intoxicated 酒醉駕車

stroke (n.)
* a sudden serious illness when a blood vessel (= tube) in the brain bursts or is blocked, which can cause death or the loss of the ability to move or to speak clearly 中風
to have/suffer a stroke

* an act of hitting a ball, for example with a bat or racket
He won by two strokes (= in golf, by taking two fewer strokes than his opponent) 他贏二桿

with heavy hearts 帶著沉重的心情

flagrant foul 惡意犯規
drive to basket 帶球上籃
fastbreak 快攻
deliver a right forearm 揮右臂 (打拐子)

assess (v.)
* to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something 評估某人或某事
to assess a patient's needs 評估病人需要

* to calculate the amount or value of something 計算某事的數量或值 = estimate
They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid 他們已經估出要付的賠償金數目

split the defense 突破防守

cap (v.)
to cover the top or end of something with something 某東西覆蓋在某東西之上
mountain capped with snow
snow-capped mountains 大雪覆蓋的群山

crumble (v.)
* to break or break something into very small pieces 粉碎
Crumble the cheese over the salad 將弄碎的起司放在沙拉上

* if a building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it are breaking off 建築物的崩塌
crumbling stonework 崩塌的石雕

* to begin to fail or get weaker or to come to an end 瓦解
a crumbling business/relationship

that's the way the cookie crumbles (idiom)
that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it 人生本來如此

that's the way it is 就醬子

poised (adj.)
in a position that is completely still but is ready to move at any moment 沉著的
poised to do something
The cat crouched in the grass, poised to jump 貓伏在草地上準備跳躍

heckler 喝倒采的人

I wouldn't cheer too much if I were you 我是你的話就不會這麼高興

reel (v.)
to move in a very unsteady way, for example because you are drunk or have been hit
She was reeling after several glasses of wine

reel off (釣魚時的) 放線
reel in (釣魚時的) 收線

might as well do something 不如做某事
If no one else wants it, we might as well give it to him 假如沒人要它，不如給他吧
If you don't want it, you might as well give it to me 假使你不要它，不如給我吧

pack your bags 捲舖蓋走路