stickball

noun

1. 棍球（用棍击橡胶球，类似于棒球的非正式运动）
   an informal game similar to baseball , played with a stick and a rubber ball

1. All the while I could hear my buddies outside playing heated games of stickball.
   练琴时，我总是听到伙伴们在外面玩棍球的嬉闹声。
2. NYC was named this because immigrant children played stickball throughout the New York Streets in the1930s.
   纽约之所以会有这个绰号是因为在30年代的时候那些移民来的小孩在纽约的各个街头打曲棍球。
3. The kids playing stickball gathered to curse the driver who had made them scatter, but now were watching with awestruck interest.
   那些玩儿童棒球的孩子们刚才还咒骂那个把他们吓散了的司机，这时也在旁边看热闹，觉得又怕又有趣。
4. All the while I could hear my buddies outside playing heated games of stickball. I'd also hear an occasional taunt: "hey, where's your monkey and cup?"
   我一边学琴一边听到伙伴们在外面玩棍球玩得好热闹，不时还听到句把损人的话：“喂！你那猴儿罐儿呢？”
5. I used to be deadly at stickball.
   我以前很会玩棍球。
6. They watched the stickball game the kids were having.
   他们在看小孩子们玩儿童棒球。

noun

1. a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle

   Synonym:    stickball game