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单词 gapper
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gappern.

Brit. /ˈɡapə/, U.S. /ˈɡæpər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gap n.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < gap n.1+ -er suffix1.
1.
a. Horticulture. A plant suitable for filling a gap between other plants. Also: a device for automatically regulating the space between crops during planting.
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1929 Nurseryman & Seedsman 9 May 19/2 (advt.) Quicks! Quicks!! Quicks!!.. Extra strong gappers, 7s 6d. 100.
1945 Times 17 Sept. 6/7 Labour on hoeing has been cut down and could be saved further by the use of mechanical gappers and cross blocking with row-crop equipment to keep hand work at a minimum.
1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry (ed. 6) iv. 126/1 Mechanical singling, with an electronically-automated gapper, using a detector probe to spray out unwanted plants, is being looked at again.
b. Baseball. A ball hit into a space between outfielders.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1970 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 13 Aug. 7/8 Osler lined a gapper into right-center that chased home two runs.
1982 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 3 June 19 a/2 In the fifth, with Bob Derner on via a walk, he smacked a gapper for an RBI double.
2005 M. Shannon Coming back to Baseball v. 87 John Stultz hit a gapper into right-center to drive in two runs.
2. A person who takes a break from his or her career. Now usually (British): a student taking a gap year.
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1992 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 10 Jan. An economics professor..who first worked with Jacobsen when they were graduate students at Stanford University, said employers think ‘gappers’ are bad investments.
1994 Times 13 June 38/1 Voluntary work overseas is many people's ideal... Among the organisations which cater specifically for ‘gappers’ are Project Trust and GAP (Gap Activity Projects).
2003 J. Butcher Moralisation of Tourism i. 15 Travel visas for Australia—a favourite for gappers—have more than doubled in the last five years.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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