| 单词 | short stop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort stop Categories » short stop n. = short slip n. (see also in Baseball, below). short stop short stop n. (see quots.); also figurative; see also in Cricket, above. 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 > cricket > fielding > [noun] > fielding position > specific bat's end1742 midwicket1744 middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 long field?1801 third man1801 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 cover1836 long field on1837 short stopc1837 long on1843 middle-on1843 short leg1843 cover-point1846 square leg1849 long off1854 mid-off1865 leg slip1869 mid-on1870 cover-slip1891 box1911 gully1920 c1837 W. Martin Bk. of Sports vi. 104 Order of the Players... 4 Long stop. 5 Short stop. 1857 Spirit of Times 25 July 324/3 Second Nine Fahys, pitcher;..Smith, short stop. 1860 in H. T. Peters Currier & Ives (1942) Pl. 162 I thought our fusion would be a ‘short stop’ to his career. 1874 [see short fielder n.]. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 406/2 Latterly [at Base-ball], an additional man has been introduced as right short-stop. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 407/2 The catcher, pitcher, first and third basemen, and short-stop comprise the in-field; the remainder the out-field. 1877 London Society June 533/1 Dorrington was almost as good at cover as Hillyer was at short-stop. 1912 Australasian 6 Jan. 21/2 Hobbs..was caught at short-stop by Carter. 1950 Nature Mag. Mar. 131/2 A sudden lunge with the net will often cut off its escape. If the net misses, a lucky shortstop may nab the lizard in passing. 1977 Time 8 Aug. 28/3 Andrea played shortstop and first base. 1978 Verbatim Feb. 2/2 If a batter hits safely between the shortstop and second, or second and first, the announcer will call that ‘a seeing-eye base hit’. < as lemmas |
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