Basketball in English

The English word for basketball is basketball.

Pronunciation: English [?bɑ?sk?tb?l], American [?b?sk?tbɑ?l].

Interpretation: n. basketball; basketball sports

Morphisms: plural basketballs

Phrases:

basketball court篮球球场

basketball team篮球队

play basketball打篮球

< p>greece national basketball teamGreece men's national basketball team

National Basketball Association

Usage:

basketball is uncountable when it means "the sport of basketball". "

Basketball is an uncountable noun with no article in front of it; it is a countable noun with a or the in front of it when it refers to "basketball".

Basketball can sometimes be used as a determiner in front of other nouns.

Example sentences for basketball

1. We will play basketball tomorrow.

2, The basketball players are working out at the gym.

The basketball players are training at the gym.

3. We are going to play neither basketball nor volleyball.

We are going to play neither basketball nor volleyball.

4. She likes to play basketball and waterski.

She likes to play basketball and waterski.

5、As a basketball player, he's a natural.

He was born to play basketball.