排球是一位名叫威廉·基·摩根的体育干事于1895年在美国发明的。半个多世纪后的1964年日本东京奥运会赛场
上，男子排球和女子排球比赛同时亮相奥运会赛场。
至2004年雅典奥运会，奥运会排球比赛的规模已由最初的10支男队和6支女队发展到男女各12支队伍。迄今为
止，共有７支男队（苏联、日本、波兰、美国、巴西、荷兰、南斯拉夫）和4支女队（日本、苏联、中国、古
巴）荣膺过奥运会排球冠军的殊荣。
排球1905年进入中国，并在新中国生长壮大，中国女排在1984年中国首次参加奥运会时便一鸣惊人，夺得桂冠
，20年后又在雅典重温奥运会冠军梦，将她们的世界冠军头衔增加到7个。
1.排球运动：volleyball
2.沙滩排球运动：beach volleyball
3.软式排球运动：soft volleyball
人员
4.排球运动员：volleyballer; volleyball player; spiker
5.1号位队员；后排右：player No. 1; right back
6.2号位队员；前排右：player No. 2; right forward
7.3号位队员；前排中：player No. 3; center forward
8.4号位队员；前排左：player No. 4; left forward
9.5号位队员；后排左：player No. 5; left back
10.6号位队员；后排中：player No. 6; center back
11.前排队员：front-row player; forward
12.后排队员：back-row [backline; backcourt] player; back
13.攻击[扣球]手：attacker; spiker; killer
14.主攻手：chief spiker
15.副攻手：second spiker
16.二传手：setter；tosser
17.主二传：chief [specialist] setter
18.接应二传：second setter
19.进攻组织者：game maker
20.自由人：libero
21.第一［正］裁判员：（first）referee
22.第二［副］裁判员：second referee；umpire
23.司线员：line judge; linesman
规则
24.局：game
25.休息暂停：time-out for rest
26.技术暂停：technical time-out
27.轮转换位：rotation
28.轮转顺序：rotational order
29.同排队员换位：lateral switch
30.持球：holding; catching; sticky; held ball
31.捞球：scooping
32.推球：shoving; pushing
33.带球：carrying
34.举球：lifting
35.连击：double hit［touch］; dribbling
36.四次击球：four hits
37.界内球：fair ball
38.出界：outside
39.压线球：ball on line
40.触手出界：touch out
41.触网：touch net; net fault
42.不过网：not over the net
43.碰标志杆：touch the rod
44.下［入]网：net in
45.过网击球：over-[cross-]net hit
46.拦网犯规：blocking fault
47.越过中线：passing the center line
48.脚步犯规：foot fault
49.轮转犯规：rotational fault
50.位置错误：positional fault; overlapping
51.换人违例：illegal substitution
52.双方犯规：double foul
53.对方失误送分：points from opponents' errors
54.个人警告：personal warning
55.比赛规则委员会：Rules of the Games Commission
发球
56.发球：service；serve
57.发球队员：server
58.关键时上场发球的队员：pinch server
59.发球方：serving team [side]
60.发球次序：order of service; serving order
61.发球得分：ace; service point
62.发球失误：service error
63.发球违例：service fault
64.换位（发球后）：change of position; switching
65.抛球：toss
66.上手［网球式]发球：overhand [tennis] service
67.下手发球：underarm[underhand] service
68.侧面发球：sidearm[side-hand]service
69.钩手发球：hook service
70.砍式发球：chopping service
71.扣球式发球：smash[cannonball]service
72.抡臂［大力钩手］发球：windmill [roundhouse] service
73.跳起发球：jump service
74.大力跳发：smashing jump service
75.擦网球：net ball
76.发高[顶棚]吊球：lobbing [ceiling; sky] service
77.发近网吊球：drop short service
78.发旋转球：spinning service
79.发飘球；日本式发球：floater；floating [Japanese] service
80.发上手飘球：overhand floater
81.发下沉球：drop [sink] service
82.发保险球：safe service
83.发怪球：freak service
84.发球时遮挡对方视线：screening
85.破坏对方一传：break [upset] the opponents' first pass
接球
86.接球：receive；reception
87.接发球：receive a service; service reception [return]
88.接发球队员：receiver
89.接发球一方：receiving side
90.接发球阵形：receiving[service reception] formation
91.6人接发球阵式：six-man[-person]service reception
92.W接发球阵形：W[W+1;1-3-2]service reception
93.关键时上场接球的队员：pinch receiver
94.垫球：dig; forearm [under; underhand]pass
95.小臂垫球：forearm digging
96.过网的高球：free ball
97.够得着：service faultwithin reach
98.够不着：out of reach
99.接球失误：receive miss
100.接球不稳的：butter-[glue-]fingered
101.救球：retrieve；recover; save
102.滚动救球：rolling dig
103.侧滚动：side roll
104.日本式滚动：Japanese roll
105.鱼跃：fish dive[jump]
106.向前鱼跃：forward dive
107.扑救；鱼跃救球：diving retrieve; recovery dive
108.救起球：pick up
109.救入网球：recover a net ball
传球
110.传球：pass
111.单手传球：single-hand pass
112.双手垫球：two-hand dig
113.上手传球：overarm[overhand]pass
114.肩下传球：dig pass
115.倒地传球：fall down pass
116.高传；high pass; lob
117.跑动传球：running pass
118.一传：first pass
119.一传队员：first passer
120.一传不到位：poor [misplaced] first pass
121.调整球：adjust a poor pass
122.二传；托球：set（up）;toss; second [set] pass
123.正面二传：forward set
124.背传：back set[pass]
125.侧传：side pass; sideway volley
126.跳起二传：jump set
127.晃传：feint set
128.上手二传：overarm set
129.单手二传：single-hand set
130.低二传：low set
131.高二传：high set
132.平传：parallel [shoot] set
133.平拉开：flat [wide] set; open toss
134.传近网球：close set
135.传远网球：deep set
136.传球过头：overpass
137.二传太远：overcast a setup
138.第三传（直接推过网）：third pass
139.中一二阵形：setter-in-forward-center formation; W formation
140.边一二阵形：setter-in-forward-wing formation
141.三三配备：3-3[three-setter]system；system of pairs
142.双二传制：two-setter system
143.五一配备：5-1 [one-setter] system