In Irish sport, a hurler is a player of hurling: a fast ball game played with wooden sticks by two teams of fifteen.

In Irish sport在愛爾蘭的運動裡，a hurler is是 a player of hurling一種叫hurling的球員：a fast ball game一種快速的球類運動 played with wooden sticks用木棍打的 by two teams of fifteen由兩隊各十五人進行。

Each player carries a flat stick called a hurley. You may catch the small hard ball, strike it in the air, or hit it along the ground, and you score under the bar or over it.

Each player每位球員 carries a flat stick帶著一支扁平的球棍 called a hurley叫做hurley。You may可以 catch the small hard ball接住那顆又小又硬的球，strike it in the air在空中擊球，or hit it along the ground或沿著地面打球，and you score under the bar or over it並且從門橫桿下方或上方得分。

It looks a little like hockey if hockey were allowed to fly, and it is one of Ireland’s national games, still played hard in schools and counties, not a museum piece.

It looks a little like hockey看起來有點像曲棍球 if hockey were allowed to fly如果曲棍球可以飛起來的話，and it is是 one of Ireland's national games愛爾蘭的國技之一，still played hard in schools and counties依然在學校和郡里認真地打著，not a museum piece不是博物館裡的老古董。

Though actually, the name of the game itself is hurling, not hurler. A hurler is one of those fifteen people on a side.

Though actually不過其實，the name of the game itself這項運動本身的名字 is hurling叫做hurling，not hurler而不是hurler。A hurler而hurler is one of those fifteen people指的是那十五人裡的其中一位 on a side其中一隊的。

English also uses hurler more widely for anyone who hurls — who throws with real force. In American baseball talk, a hurler is a pitcher.

English英文 also uses hurler more widely也把hurler用得更廣 for anyone who hurls指任何hurl（用力丟）東西的人 — who throws with real force用真正的力氣丟東西的人。In American baseball talk在美式棒球術語裡，a hurler is a pitcherhurler指的是投手。

So the same word can mean an Irish stick-and-ball player or a baseball pitcher; the sentence around it tells you which game you are in. There is also a family name Hurler from German; that is a different path, not the sports word.

So the same word所以同一個字 can mean可以指 an Irish stick-and-ball player愛爾蘭的木棍球員 or a baseball pitcher或棒球投手；the sentence around it句子的上下文 tells you which game you are in會告訴你是哪個運動。There is also還有 a family name Hurler一個姓氏Hurler from German來自德文；that is a different path那是不同的字源，not the sports word不是這個運動用字。