| 单词 | home run |
| 释义 | home runSEE SYNONYMS FOR home run ON THESAURUS.COM nounBaseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases. Abbreviations: h.r., hr, HR a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office. Origin of home runAn Americanism dating back to 1855–60 Words nearby home runHomeric laughter, homeroom, home row, home rule, home ruler, home run, Homer, Winslow, homeschool, home-schooler, homeschooling, home scrap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for home runBritish Dictionary definitions for home runhome run nounbaseball a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with home runhome run A highly successful achievement; also, doubling one's profits. For example, We scored a home run with that drug stock, buying it at 15 and selling at 30. This expression originated in the mid-1800s in baseball, where it refers to a pitched ball batted so far that the batter can round all three bases and reach home plate, scoring a run. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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