Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense lobs, present participle lobbing, past tense, past participle lobbed
1VERB (向高空)投,掷,扔 If you lob something, you throw it so that it goes quite high in the air. (向高空)投,掷,扔
Enemy forces lobbed a series of artillery shells onto the city. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
敌军对该城发起连串炮轰。
A group of protesters gathered outside, chanting and lobbing firebombs. [VERB noun]
一群抗议人士聚集在外面,边喊口号边扔燃烧弹。
2VERB 把(球)挑(或吊)高 In sport, if you lob the ball, you hit or kick it high into the air so that it lands behind your opponent. 把(球)挑(或吊)高 [Also V n, V]
Brown lobbed the ball over the Australian goalkeeper. [VERB noun prep.]
布朗把球挑过澳大利亚门将的头顶。
Lob is also a noun.
...long, high lobs that fell precisely on the baseline.