| 释义 |
home plate Baseball.
[home n.1 B. 4.]
The plate at the apex of the diamond at which the batter stands, and which must be touched by the base runner before a run is scored.
1875Chicago Tribune 3 Aug. 7 He stole third..and reached the home-plate. 1889‘Mark Twain’ Yankee xxii. 245 No fault of hers that she couldn't fetch the home⁓plate. 1891N. Crane Baseball 79 Ball, a pitched ball, which does not pass over the home plate [etc.]. 1957Encycl. Brit. III. 160/2 The outfielders are called right fielder, centre fielder and left fielder with relation to a man standing on home plate. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 51/5 Let's appoint the umpires... Porky, you take homeplate. |