扣球 (kòu qiú) — to smash, to spike (a ball downward in volleyball, badminton, etc.)
Definition
扣球 (kòuqiú) is a verb-object compound meaning to spike or smash a ball straight downward, used as both the action and the stroke itself in volleyball and badminton. As a 离合词 (separable verb), the object 球 can move — e.g. 扣了一个球.
verb
to smashto spike (a ball downward in volleyball, badminton, etc.)
Examples
- 扣球。Tā tiào qǐ lái yòng lì kòu qiú.He jumped up and smashed the ball hard.
- 。Tā zài zhè chǎng bǐ sài zhōng kòu le shí duō gè qiú.She spiked more than ten balls in this match.
- 扣球，。Duì fāng de kòu qiú fēi cháng lì hài, wǒ men hěn nán jiē zhù.The opponent's smash is very powerful — we can hardly receive it.
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