体育词汇—排球常用术语 Volleyball

Attack: 
　　The attempt by one team to terminate the play by hitting the ball to the floor on the opponent's side. 攻击，进攻；指一方队员将球打到对方的地面，使对方无法接起而终止比赛。　
　　
Attacker: 
　　Also "hitter" and "spiker." A player who attempts to hit a ball offensively with the purpose of terminating play in his or her team's favor. 主攻手，为了自己或自己球队的利益而进攻性打球的队员。

Block: 
　　The combination of one, two or three players jumping in front of the opposing spiker and contacting the spiked¹ ball with the hands. 拦网，由一人到三人组成联盟，在对方主攻手前跳起，用手拦挡进攻的球。

Bump: 
　　Descriptive slang for forearm passing.

Cross-Court Shot: 
　　An individual attack directed at an angle from one end of the offensive team's side of the net to the opposite sideline of the defensive² team's court.

Dig: 
　　Slang for the art of retrieving³ an attacked ball close to the floor.

Down Ball: 
　　An attacked ball from the opponent that the blockers assess as not being hit hard enough or being contacted too deep in the opponent's court to require a block attempt.

Forearm Pass:
　　One of the six basic volleyball skills. It is a ball-handling skill that a players uses to legally contact the ball at a level below the waist using the forearms as the contact surface.

Free Ball: 
　　Any ball that the opponent returns easily, allowing the blockers enough time to get back into their attack-approach positions before the ball crosses the net.

1 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句

2 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

3 retrieving   

n.检索（过程），取还v.取回( retrieve的现在分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Ignoring all, he searches the ground carefully for any cigarette-end worth retrieving. 没管打锣的说了什么，他留神的在地上找，看有没有值得拾起来的烟头儿。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• Retrieving the nodules from these great depths is no easy task. 从这样的海底深渊中取回结核可不是容易的事情。 来自辞典例句