单词 | baseline driver |
释义 | > as lemmasbaseline driver b. In sense 3b, as baseline driver, baseline game, etc. ΚΠ 1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 5/2 Unsurpassed as a base-line driver. 1922 W. T. Tilden Art of Lawn Tennis (ed. 4) iii. x. 115 America, Australia, and South Africa took the English style, and began their tennis career on the base-line game. 1922 W. T. Tilden Art of Lawn Tennis (ed. 4) iv. xiii. 186 Both men are excellent tennis players of the true English school: fine base-line drivers, but subject to defeat by any aggressive volleyer. 1940 J. Nason Famous Athletes of Today 7th Ser. xii. 475 The California-born Chicagoan extracted all the fire from his final opponent's game by raking the championship court with a hot service and even hotter baseline strokes. 1984 Boys' Life Apr. 23/2 (advt.) There isn't a move that can beat this shoe. Not the baseline drive, not the fast break, not the quick turnaround. 2010 R. O. Davies Rivals! viii. 183 She became a master of the baseline game and would stick with it throughout her long career. < as lemmas |
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