| 单词 | pinch hitter |
| 释义 | pinch hitterSEE SYNONYMS FOR pinch hitter ON THESAURUS.COM nounBaseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game. any substitute for another, especially in an emergency. Origin of pinch hitterAn Americanism dating back to 1910–15 Words nearby pinch hitterpincheck, pinch effect, pincher, pinch graft, pinch hit, pinch hitter, Pinchot, pinch pennies, pinchpenny, pinch pleat, pinch point Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with pinch hitterpinch hitter A substitute for another person, especially in an emergency. For example, Pat expected her mother to help with the baby, but just in case, she lined up her mother-in-law as pinch hitter. This expression comes from baseball, where it is used for a player substituting for another at bat at a critical point or in a tight situation (called a pinch since the late 1400s). [Late 1800s] 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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