| 单词 | twi-night double-header |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwi-night double-header (See quot. 1955.) Frequently attributive, as twi-night double-header (cf. double-header n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > game > match twin-bill1939 twi-night double-header1939 twilight night1949 twi-nighter1953 1939 Amer. Speech 14 5 Blending..has proved practical in the formation of useful compounds where a combination of ideas is desired; as in..‘brunch’, ‘twinight’, ‘Anglamerican’. 1955 M. Reifer Dict. New Words 214/2 Twinight, n. Baseball, a double-header game which begins in the afternoon and continues into the night with artificial illumination. 1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 148/2 The pitching left something to be desired, but the next afternoon, in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, Frank Tanana struck out seventeen Texas batters. 1980 N.Y. Post 4 Aug. 56 The Mets are still—again—two games under .500 and twi-night double~header here tonight..opens another five-game series against the division-leading Expos. < as lemmas |
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