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单词 t-ball
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T-balln.

Brit. /ˈtiːbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈtiˌbɔl/, /ˈtiˌbɑl/
Forms: 1900s– T-ball, 1900s– t-ball, 1900s– Tee-ball, 1900s– tee-ball.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tee n.2, ball n.1
Etymology: < tee n.2 + ball n.1With the forms in T- , t- compare T n.
Chiefly North American.
A variation of baseball played esp. by young children, in which batters attempt to hit a ball placed on a large tee at home plate rather than one thrown by a pitcher.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > games similar to baseball > [noun]
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T-ball1962
1962 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 7 June 33/3 ‘T’ Ball is a regular baseball game played on Little League size diamonds but without the use of a pitched ball.
1989 Toronto Star (Nexis) 9 May e8 The boys and girls will take to the diamond for continuous exhibition games at all levels from T-ball (5 and 6 years old) up to Junior competitive (20-years-old and under).
1992 B. Geist Little League Confid. xiv. 127 She wanted to eliminate pitching in Little League and make it all tee-ball.
2004 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 16 Aug. 14 I live in the Chicago suburbs, where the nearest wild area is the icecream place after a T-ball game.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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