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The character "垒", with its traditional form "壘", structurally combines the element "土" for earth with either "厽" in the simplified version or "畾" in the traditional form, both components conveying a sense of repetition or layering. Etymologically, this character originally denoted a military rampart or fortification built from compacted earth, a meaning directly informed by its compositional elements. Its semantic scope later broadened to encompass the general action of piling or stacking objects, and in modern contexts, it has been adopted to represent the concept of a "base" in various sports, a meaning borrowed through linguistic translation.
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垒球很好玩。
孩子们在垒沙堡。
这座堡垒很古老。
他跑向了三垒。
工人用砖头垒墙。
他们在后院垒了一个烧烤台。
为了防守，士兵们垒起了高高的土墙。
在棒球比赛中，成功上垒是得分的关键。