"spitball" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 紙團（用嘴吐出的）- 草案想法

Definition

spitball 是指嚼過後吐出的紙團，常用作惡作劇。口語中也指隨意提出的構想或點子。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

字面義很口語，多用於學校惡作劇。在美語中作動詞表示“隨意提出想法”。正式場合不用。根據語境判斷，是紙團還是創意討論。

Examples

He made a spitball and shot it at his friend with a straw.

他做了一個**紙團**，用吸管射向朋友。

The teacher found a spitball stuck to the wall.

老師在牆上發現了一個**紙團**。

Throwing a spitball is not allowed in class.

在課堂上不允許丟**紙團**。

Let's just spitball some ideas and see what we come up with.

我們**隨便討論些想法**，看看會有什麼收穫。

He started spitballing potential solutions during the meeting.

他在會議上開始**拋出潛在的解決辦法**。

This plan is just a spitball for now; nothing's decided yet.

這個計劃現在只是**初步想法**，還沒定下來。