| 单词 | bush league |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbush league bush league n. Baseball a minor league, esp. one of mediocre quality; frequently transferred and attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of secondary importance by1632 secondary1796 subfunctional1892 bush league1906 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > league big league1881 bush league1906 major league1906 little league1939 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of secondary importance handmaidena1425 handmaid1533 anise1741 first (second) chop1823 secondary1841 footnote1858 bush league1928 1906 [see bush leaguer n. at Additions]. 1908 Baseball Mag. July 79/2 Being from Chicago, that bush league town wasn't good enough to hold Hermaine's sandals. 1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 8 Bush league trick, a trick indulged in which is not in harmony with its surroundings. 1928 D. Parker in New Yorker 12 May 20/2 Well, well, well, to think of me having real Scotch; I'm out of the bush leagues at last. 1949 A. Hynd We are Public Enemies iv. 108 He was..a bushleague Chicago gambler. 1955 Sci. Amer. Sept. 188/2 This is a first-class piece of ratiocination and scientific detection which makes the efforts of highly touted police and crime laboratories seem bush-league stuff. 1973 Hockey Digest Apr. 8/2 What does Hockey Digest think of the WHA and how long will it last? I think it is a bush league. 1986 N.Y. Post 9 July 57/3 This is an example of poor sportsmanship... It is international bush league. < as lemmas |
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