“界外球”在英语中通常可以表达为 "out-of-bounds ball" 或 "out ball"(在特定运动语境,如篮球中较常用“out-of-bounds ball” ,“out ball”相对口语化或在一些非正式场景使用)。
在篮球规则里,明确表述球出界这一情况时会用到 “out-of-bounds” 相关表达,例如:
The ball is out-of-bounds.(球出界了。 )
An out-of-bounds ball occurs when the ball touches a player, object, boundary line, or the floor outside the boundary lines of the playing court.(当球触及场上球员、物体、边界线或场地边界线以外的地面时,就发生界外球情况 。 )