meatball

英語

Meatballs

字源

meat +‎ ball

發音

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名詞

meatball (複數 meatballs)

1. 球狀的絞肉或肉團，經過調味和烹飪。
   • 1894: Yearbook of Agriculture

     Meatballs may contain ground meat mixed with seasonings, breadcrumbs, mashed potatoes, rice, and liquid. The meat mixture is often shaped, browned. and simmered in a sauce for 30 to 45 minutes over low heat or in a 350° F. oven. During cooking the meat is basted with the sauce occasionally. Meatballs also may be fried in a pan or in deep fat.

   • 1996: Mrs. Miracle. Debbie Macomber. Pg. 101.

     I prefer spaghetti with meatballs instead the meat all crumbled in with the sauce.

2. (俚語) 愚蠢的人。
3. (棒球) 容易擊打的球（尤指直接扔到壘下的球）
   • 2020: "Oakland A’s faced all their nightmares in Game 3 and wrote a new ending" by Alex Hall, Athletics Nation

     And then. A 98.4 fastball on the inside half of the plate, ring him up, Strike 3, game over. It wasn’t a meatball like Terrence Long watched to finish 2003 ALDS Game 5, but it felt the same.

4. (航空) 光學著陸系統
   • 1961, Approach (volume 7)

     During a pitching deck recovery a pilot must average out the meatball oscillations at the ramp in an attempt to maintain his airplane on the desired glide slope.

衍生詞

• meatball surgery

參見

• patty
• rissole

延伸閱讀

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回文構詞

• at 'em ball, metaball