| 单词 | doubleheader |
| 释义 | doubleheader (dʌbəlhɛdər) Word forms: doubleheaders countable noun A doubleheader is a sporting contest between two teams that involves two separate games being played, one after the other, often on thesame day. [mainly US] doubleheader in American English (ˈdʌbəlˈhedər) noun 1. Sport a. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession b. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession 2. two performances or two events occurring one after the other or within a short time of each other 3. a railroad train pulled by two locomotives Word origin [1895–1900, Amer.; double + head + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backwind, cutback, frame of reference, neon-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)Examples of 'doubleheader' in a sentence |
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