A typically astonishing routine would see a female gymnast launching a ball high into the air, spinning and contorting her body as it drops to the ground, before catching it in the curve of her neck.

一个十分典型的动作就是女选手将球高高抛到空中，旋转并俯身到地上，在球掉落之前用弯曲的颈部将球接住。

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The batter swings his bat, launching the ball over the fence and out of the field of play.

击球手挥舞球棒，将球打过野护栏出界。

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"A lot of teams, when they're behind in games, go very direct and they start launching the ball straight into penalty boxes, which is quite easy for defenders to defend against, " he said.

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The English champions attacked on a much narrower front than Leinster, launching their big ball carriers around the fringes, but the hosts' defence held firm.

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Cheema began his barrage of boundaries from the first ball of the fifth over, smearing a full toss from Fernando over mid-wicket for four and launching a mammoth six next ball which finished in an adjacent road.

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