单词 | late inning |
释义 | > as lemmaslate inning late inning n. Baseball (a) (frequently in plural) any one of the innings towards the end of a game, esp. the seventh or a later inning; also attributive, as late inning home run, late inning rally, etc.; (b) figurative the closing stages of a process; the last minute. ΚΠ 1893 Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson) 24 June 1/1 The Montezumas won on a late inning of the home nine, but Ben thinks they will be lost in a cloud of dust when the Cockleburrs take the bat. 1902 Omaha Daily Bee 17 Apr. 2/4 The Omahans..never really came out of their trance till along in the late innings. 1905 Washington Post 17 Aug. 8/3 A late inning rally, which the Nationals showed so well against Detroit and Chicago. 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 13 Aug. 15/4 In a late inning Manager Al Sothoron decided he needed a pinch hitter. 1966 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. 52/6 Joe DiMaggio..provided the winning margin with a late inning home run. 1976 J. Morgan & J. H. Cohen Baseball my Way 30 You don't want to give up a double or triple in the late innings, so from the seventh inning on, you would always play closer to the line. 1984 Pop. Mech. May 80/1 Their effort to pinpoint the planes seems to have paid off, thanks to a late-inning technological rescue. 1996 C. E. Quirk Sports & Law (1999) Pref. p. xxiii Mary K...provided valuable assistance during the late innings of the editorial process. 2009 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Apr. s1 Some late-inning heroics provided them with an unlikely 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. < as lemmas |
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