| 单词 | plate-shy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplate-shy plate-shy adj. Baseball afraid to stand close to the plate (sense 24) when batting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [adjective] > qualities of player plate-shy1912 fireballing1932 switch-hitting1938 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch iv. 90 For a long time, ‘Josh’ Devore, the Giant's left-fielder was ‘plate shy’ with left-handers—that is, he stepped away. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §677/37 Plate-shy, afraid to stand close to the plate. 1999 N.Y. Post (Sunday ed.) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 106 You were hit in the head by Jake Moody in Chicago. You couldn't move your neck on the pillow without pain for a week. Such accidents make most guys plate-shy. < as lemmas |
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