🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

形成球形

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xíngchéng qiúxíng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Balled/bɔːld/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她在扔掉之前把纸团成了球形。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To form into a ball or spherical shape.

    "She balled the paper into a tight sphere before throwing it away."
  2. 2

    To gather or compress into a ball.

    "He balled his fists in frustration."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'balled' is the past tense of 'ball', which originates from the Old French word 'bal', meaning 'a dance or ball', dating back to the 14th century. The term evolved to describe forming something into a spherical shape, reflecting a shift from social gatherings to physical forms.

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