| 单词 | with the bat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith the bat c. Hence the phrase, off his own bat, in reference to the score made by a player's own hits; figurative solely by his own exertions, by himself. Also †bat's end, a local term for ‘point’ (see point n.1 26a.) (Obsolete); with the bat, in batting; as a batter; from or off the bat: of runs scored from actual hits (opp. ‘extras’); to carry one's bat: see to carry out 1c at carry v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > score made by player's own hits off his own bat1742 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 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adverb] with the bat1832 in front of the sticks1924 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] > acting or working alone off his own bat1845 single-handedly1882 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adverb] > scored from the bat from or off the bat1862 1742 London Evening-post 4 Sept. The Betts on the Slendon Man's Head that he got 40 Notches off his own Bat were lost. 1786 County Mag. Nov. 171 These two things then you next must do, Place one at middle wick't, at batt's end two. 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 345/2 Pilch..showed great capabilities, both in the field and with the bat. 1845 S. Smith Fragm. Irish Rom. Catholic Church in Wks. II. 340/1 He had no revenues but what he got off his own bat. 1859 All Year Round 23 July 305 One of our adversaries scored 70 off his own bat. 1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. Aug. 83 Out of the 204 runs scored from the bat by Oxford, 90..were contributed by Mr. Mitchell. 1863 Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores & Biogr. Cricketers III. 97 Hodgson got more runs in his one innings than Rochdale did in their twenty-two innings off the bat. 1865 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 667 It is a mistake..to suppose that Lord Palmerston did everything off his own bat after 1834. 1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket iv. 45 Seventy years ago..He played as substitute for an absent mate, and was placed as ‘bat's-end’, as point was always called. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 30 All his Inventions are off his own bat. < as lemmas |
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