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ballpoint

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ball·point /bɔːlpɔɪnt/ (also ballpoint pen) noun [countable]  TWRITEa pen with a ball at the end that rolls ink onto the paper 圆珠笔,原子笔4  See picture of 见图 STATIONERY
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ballpointAs far as they could tell, the writing, by a ballpoint, was Egan's.Fergie's title has been casually lined through with a ballpoint pen.Erlich had out his ballpoint and his notebook.The words, written in ballpoint, were sweat-smudged. 4.I took the book and a supply of ballpoint pens back in February.I could hardly wait, for example, to get my hands on the original ballpoint pen.I move again and try to write some notes, but it is cold enough to freeze the ballpoint off my biro.
ball·point nounChineseSyllable
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ballpoint
ballpoint /bɔːlpɔɪnt/ (also ˌballpoint ˈpen) noun [countable]
a pen with a ball at the end that rolls ink onto the paper


ball·pointBrE /ˈbɔːlpɔɪnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɔːlpɔɪnt/ 🔊 (also ˌballpoint ˈpen) noun
a pen with a very small metal ball at its point, that rolls ink onto the paper 圆珠笔;原子笔   compare Biro™