lob
lob
(lobbed, lobbing)
(lobbed, lobbing)
- [with obj. and adverbial of direction]throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc
高弧线打出（球，炮弹）
he lobbed the ball over their heads.
他高高地打出个弧线球，越过他们的头顶。
■[with obj.](in soccer or tennis) kick or hit the ball over (an opponent) in such a way
（足球，网球）挑出高球
he managed to lob the keeper.
他设法把球挑过守门员的头顶。
- (chiefly in soccer and tennis) a ball kicked or hit in a high arc over an opponent or a stroke producing this result
（主要见于足球和网球）挑出的高球
■(Cricket)a ball bowled with a slow underarm action
(板球)缓慢的低手球
- late 16th cent. (in the senses 'cause or allow to hang heavily' and 'behave like a lout'): from the archaic noun lob 'lout', 'pendulous object', probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe 'hanging lip'). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent
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