[mass noun]a seven-a-side game in which goals are scored by throwing an inflated ball so that it falls through an elevated horizontal ring from which a net hangs. By contrast with basketball, a player receiving the ball must stand still until they have passed it to another player 无挡板篮球比赛 ■[count noun]the ball used in this game (无挡板篮球比赛中所用的)篮球