left fieldn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌlɛf(t) ˈfiːld/, U.S.

/ˌlɛf(t) ˈfild/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, field n.¹

Etymology: < left adj.¹ + field n.¹ Compare right field n. at right adj. and int. Compounds 2.

Originally North American.

A. n.

1. Baseball. That part of the outfield which lies to the left as viewed from home plate. Also: the position of a left fielder.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > fielder or baseman

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short stopc1837

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third baseman1857

right fielder1860

centre1866

infielder1867

scout1870

relayer1910

sacker1914

first base1959

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > ground where fielders stand

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outfield1868

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > outfield

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backfield1911

outside1913

1857 Spirit of Times 29 Aug. 404/3 Enterprise Club. Maxfield, catcher;..Webber, left field.

1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 51 A ball similarly hit to the right or left fields.

1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball 77 Harry Athol..played left field for the Thespians in all their games.

1949 Minot (N. Dakota) Daily News 22 July 8/8 Marinari spoiled Lettau's chance for a no-hitter, lining a solid single to left field in the fifth frame.

1978 J. Todd Baseball 101 iii. 24 Most baseball players are right handed and more action tends to go to the left field.

2014 Traverse City (Mich.) Record Eagle 2 Nov. 4 c/1 Adrian Gonzalez sent a fourth-inning fly ball to left field.

2. A position away from the centre of activity or interest, or from the mainstream of prevailing opinion, style, etc. Also (esp. in early use): a position of ignorance, error, or confusion.

ΚΠ

1922 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 Sept. 10/1 A nine-year-old youth has members of the police department playing out in left field somewhere when it comes to aiding them in finding $18.32 which the boy admits he stole.

1958 J. Weidman Enemy Camp iv. 557 Suppose, in the middle of his campaign, when you come out of left field to slap your divorce suit against him, suppose Danny says let's make a deal.

1970 Time 9 Mar. 19 An increasing number of candidates are emerging from leftfield to give voters surprising options.

1974 Publishers Weekly 11 Mar. 48/3 Novak's use of religious metaphor may put him in left field.

1998 Billboard 24 Oct. 18/2 If I'm out in the left field of pop music, then maybe I should..push beyond what pop music is allowed to do.

B. adj.

1. Of a person, work, etc.: unconventional, experimental, or radical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour

irregular1395

unformalc1449

informalc1475

disordered1561

monstrous1568

odd1577

irregulate1579

exorbitant1613

free-spirited1613

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inconformable1633

extravagant1650

inconform1659

eccentric1685

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outrageous1778

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erratic1841

kinky1844

Bohemian1846

radical1869

Bohemic1874

nonconforming1899

hard case1904

jazz1917

offbeat1922

deviant1935

deviate1945

oddball1945

left field1951

way out1955

boho1958

non-conformant1960

sideways1969

1951 N.Y. Times 3 June 103/4 Dumb cops, armchair detectives and left-field characters are amusing.

1994 Times 16 Sept. 33/4 It is harder than ever for left-field pop music to find record deals.

2009 B. Lebrun Protest Music in France 22 A space developed..where left-field music professionals could find structural and ideological refuge.

2012 C. Turney 1912 vii. 233 Taylor's idea that continents could move horizontally as well as vertically was too left-field for most.

2. Of an event or fact, esp. a success: unexpected or surprising.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected

unbeweena1325

sudden1340

unhopedc1374

unwarec1374

unweenedc1374

unguessedc1400

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untraisted1533

extonious1548

unlooked1548

unthought1548

unwares1548

unaspected1578

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unexpecteda1586

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unforethought1601

nap-taking1602

startling1609

expectless1613

unexpect1633

admirable1639

immergent1655

unpresumed1686

abrupt1725

unguessed1746

unanticipateda1779

unpredicted1792

unprecipitated1795

unsurmised1820

unsupposed1821

inopine1880

windfall1945

over-the-transom1952

left field1955

conversation-stopping1960

1955 Billboard 28 May 34/3 ‘Ballad of Davy Crockett’, the left-field song of the year, took another giant step toward immortality this week.

1984 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 25 May 20/2 The left-field success last year of Taco Ockerse's debut album..took even him by surprise.

2002 S. Keane in X. Mendik Shocking Cinema of Seventies 55 Disaster movies did put the New Hollywood into corporate mood after the left-field success of films like Bonnie and Clyde.

2009 P. Blecha Sonic Boom viii. 53 The out-of-the-blue left-field success of Seattle's Dolton Records instantly made all those old provincial doubts about..homegrown musical talent perfectly obsolete.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	left field
释义	left fieldn.adj. Brit. /ˌlɛf(t) ˈfiːld/, U.S. /ˌlɛf(t) ˈfild/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, field n.¹ Etymology: < left adj.¹ + field n.¹ Compare right field n. at right adj. and int. Compounds 2. Originally North American. A. n. 1. Baseball. That part of the outfield which lies to the left as viewed from home plate. Also: the position of a left fielder. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > fielder or baseman centre field1835 short stopc1837 base player1842 outfielder1855 short1856 short field1856 baseman1857 left field1857 right field1857 short fielder1857 third baseman1857 right fielder1860 centre1866 infielder1867 scout1870 relayer1910 sacker1914 first base1959 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > ground where fielders stand field1848 short field1856 left field1857 right field1857 infield1867 outfield1868 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > outfield centre field1835 left field1857 left1867 garden1868 backfield1911 outside1913 1857 Spirit of Times 29 Aug. 404/3 Enterprise Club. Maxfield, catcher;..Webber, left field. 1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 51 A ball similarly hit to the right or left fields. 1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball 77 Harry Athol..played left field for the Thespians in all their games. 1949 Minot (N. Dakota) Daily News 22 July 8/8 Marinari spoiled Lettau's chance for a no-hitter, lining a solid single to left field in the fifth frame. 1978 J. Todd Baseball 101 iii. 24 Most baseball players are right handed and more action tends to go to the left field. 2014 Traverse City (Mich.) Record Eagle 2 Nov. 4 c/1 Adrian Gonzalez sent a fourth-inning fly ball to left field. 2. A position away from the centre of activity or interest, or from the mainstream of prevailing opinion, style, etc. Also (esp. in early use): a position of ignorance, error, or confusion. ΚΠ 1922 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 Sept. 10/1 A nine-year-old youth has members of the police department playing out in left field somewhere when it comes to aiding them in finding $18.32 which the boy admits he stole. 1958 J. Weidman Enemy Camp iv. 557 Suppose, in the middle of his campaign, when you come out of left field to slap your divorce suit against him, suppose Danny says let's make a deal. 1970 Time 9 Mar. 19 An increasing number of candidates are emerging from leftfield to give voters surprising options. 1974 Publishers Weekly 11 Mar. 48/3 Novak's use of religious metaphor may put him in left field. 1998 Billboard 24 Oct. 18/2 If I'm out in the left field of pop music, then maybe I should..push beyond what pop music is allowed to do. B. adj. 1. Of a person, work, etc.: unconventional, experimental, or radical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour irregular1395 unformalc1449 informalc1475 disordered1561 monstrous1568 odd1577 irregulate1579 exorbitant1613 free-spirited1613 exorbitating1632 inconformable1633 extravagant1650 inconform1659 eccentric1685 unconformable1702 outrageous1778 unconventional1840 erratic1841 kinky1844 Bohemian1846 radical1869 Bohemic1874 nonconforming1899 hard case1904 jazz1917 offbeat1922 deviant1935 deviate1945 oddball1945 left field1951 way out1955 boho1958 non-conformant1960 sideways1969 1951 N.Y. Times 3 June 103/4 Dumb cops, armchair detectives and left-field characters are amusing. 1994 Times 16 Sept. 33/4 It is harder than ever for left-field pop music to find record deals. 2009 B. Lebrun Protest Music in France 22 A space developed..where left-field music professionals could find structural and ideological refuge. 2012 C. Turney 1912 vii. 233 Taylor's idea that continents could move horizontally as well as vertically was too left-field for most. 2. Of an event or fact, esp. a success: unexpected or surprising. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected unbeweena1325 sudden1340 unhopedc1374 unwarec1374 unweenedc1374 unguessedc1400 unlooked for1531 untraisted1533 extonious1548 unlooked1548 unthought1548 unwares1548 unaspected1578 inexpecteda1586 unexpecteda1586 unwary1590 unwaited1592 unmistrusted1595 inopinate1598 unforethought1601 nap-taking1602 startling1609 expectless1613 unexpect1633 admirable1639 immergent1655 unpresumed1686 abrupt1725 unguessed1746 unanticipateda1779 unpredicted1792 unprecipitated1795 unsurmised1820 unsupposed1821 inopine1880 windfall1945 over-the-transom1952 left field1955 conversation-stopping1960 1955 Billboard 28 May 34/3 ‘Ballad of Davy Crockett’, the left-field song of the year, took another giant step toward immortality this week. 1984 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 25 May 20/2 The left-field success last year of Taco Ockerse's debut album..took even him by surprise. 2002 S. Keane in X. Mendik Shocking Cinema of Seventies 55 Disaster movies did put the New Hollywood into corporate mood after the left-field success of films like Bonnie and Clyde. 2009 P. Blecha Sonic Boom viii. 53 The out-of-the-blue left-field success of Seattle's Dolton Records instantly made all those old provincial doubts about..homegrown musical talent perfectly obsolete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1857
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