left fieldern.

Brit.

/ˌlɛft ˈfiːldə/, U.S.

/ˈlɛft ˌfildər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left field n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < left field n. + -er suffix¹. Compare right fielder n. at right adj. and int. Compounds 2.

Originally North American.

1. Baseball. A fielder who defends left field.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position

middle wicket1772

long-stop1773

second stop1773

stop1773

long fieldsman1790

long field?1801

third man1801

outscout1805

leg1816

point1816

slip1816

backstop1819

long fielder1835

long leg1835

long field off1837

short leg1843

square leg1849

cover-point1850

long-stopper1851

middle-off1851

cover-slip1854

long off1854

left fielder1860

short square1860

mid-off1865

extra cover (point)1867

deep-fielder1870

mid-on1870

cover1897

leg trap1897

infield1898

deep field1900

slipper1903

slip fieldsman1906

midwicket1909

infieldsman1910

slip-catcher1920

infielder1927

leg slip1956

1860 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 8/3 Jno. Oliver struck a splendid ball over the left fielder.

1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 70 Suppose the left-fielder should be the third striker on the list.

1911 R. H. Barbour For Yardley xvii. 200 Wheelock cleaned the bases with a long drive over left fielder's head.

1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 160/2 The outfielders are called right fielder, centre fielder and left fielder with relation to a man standing on home plate and facing out across the diamond.

2015 A. Wirkmaa Compl. Baseball Scorekeeping Handbk. i. 18 Gonzalez (left fielder for the Diamondbacks) grounded out to Martinez at first base.

2. A person or thing (esp. in the arts or entertainment) regarded as surprising, unconventional, radical, or experimental.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > one who

erratic1623

exorbitant1627

inconformable1633

non-conformant1654

original1675

nonconformista1677

eccentric1832

originalist1835

Bohemian1843

oddball1943

antisocial1945

left fielder1953

boho1958

alternative1982

1953 Billboard 11 July 26/1 Here's a left-fielder... It's an instrumental medley of about 10 themes of network television shows.

1973 Publishers Weekly 29 Jan. 259/1 Sober, necktie-wearing citizens will get a bang out of the book, left-fielders not at all.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 10 Sept. 100/1 Hip-hop hasn't had much of a sense of humor since left-fielders like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest sent up the genre's narrow-minded gangsta mentality in the late eighties.

2010 Guardian (Nexis) 18 June 14 There have been Oscar whispers too; the Academy likes a left-fielder.

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

单词	left fielder
释义	left fieldern. Brit. /ˌlɛft ˈfiːldə/, U.S. /ˈlɛft ˌfildər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: left field n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < left field n. + -er suffix¹. Compare right fielder n. at right adj. and int. Compounds 2. Originally North American. 1. Baseball. A fielder who defends left field. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 second stop1773 stop1773 long fieldsman1790 long field?1801 third man1801 outscout1805 leg1816 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 long fielder1835 long leg1835 long field off1837 short leg1843 square leg1849 cover-point1850 long-stopper1851 middle-off1851 cover-slip1854 long off1854 left fielder1860 short square1860 mid-off1865 extra cover (point)1867 deep-fielder1870 mid-on1870 cover1897 leg trap1897 infield1898 deep field1900 slipper1903 slip fieldsman1906 midwicket1909 infieldsman1910 slip-catcher1920 infielder1927 leg slip1956 1860 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 8/3 Jno. Oliver struck a splendid ball over the left fielder. 1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 70 Suppose the left-fielder should be the third striker on the list. 1911 R. H. Barbour For Yardley xvii. 200 Wheelock cleaned the bases with a long drive over left fielder's head. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 160/2 The outfielders are called right fielder, centre fielder and left fielder with relation to a man standing on home plate and facing out across the diamond. 2015 A. Wirkmaa Compl. Baseball Scorekeeping Handbk. i. 18 Gonzalez (left fielder for the Diamondbacks) grounded out to Martinez at first base. 2. A person or thing (esp. in the arts or entertainment) regarded as surprising, unconventional, radical, or experimental. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > one who erratic1623 exorbitant1627 inconformable1633 non-conformant1654 original1675 nonconformista1677 eccentric1832 originalist1835 Bohemian1843 oddball1943 antisocial1945 left fielder1953 boho1958 alternative1982 1953 Billboard 11 July 26/1 Here's a left-fielder... It's an instrumental medley of about 10 themes of network television shows. 1973 Publishers Weekly 29 Jan. 259/1 Sober, necktie-wearing citizens will get a bang out of the book, left-fielders not at all. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 10 Sept. 100/1 Hip-hop hasn't had much of a sense of humor since left-fielders like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest sent up the genre's narrow-minded gangsta mentality in the late eighties. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 18 June 14 There have been Oscar whispers too; the Academy likes a left-fielder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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