[noncount]:a sport that is similar to baseball but that is played on a smaller field and with a ball that is pitched underhand and that is larger and softer than a baseball垒球运动
Do you want to play softball?你想打垒球吗?
softball teams垒球队
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[count]:the ball that is used in softball垒球 — see picture at ball
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[count]US:a question that is very easy to answer容易回答的问题
All the questions in the interview were softballs.面试中所有的问题都容易回答。
The reporter threw him a softball. [=asked him an easy question]记者问了他一个简单的问题。
Do you want to play softball? All the questions in the interview were softballs.
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