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单词 switch-hitter
释义

switch-hitter


switch-hitter

n 1. (Baseball) baseball a batsman who can hit either right- or left-handed 2. slang a bisexual person

switch′-hit′ter


n. 1. a baseball player who switch-hits. 2. Slang. a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. [1950–55]
Thesaurus
Noun1.switch-hitter - a baseball player who can bat either right or left handedbatsman, batter, hitter, slugger - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
2.switch-hitter - slang term for a bisexual personbisexual, bisexual person - a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
Translations

switch-hitter


switch-hitter

1. In baseball, someone who is able to bat both left-handed and right-handed. I thought it was a great idea to become a switch-hitter, but I ended up with a pretty lousy batting average as a result. They brought out their switch-hitter to deal with the new left-handed pitcher.2. slang By extension, someone who is bisexual. We were together for nearly nine months before I found out he was a switch-hitter. I experimented with women in college, but I'm not a switch-hitter or anything.

switch-hitter

1. n. a ballplayer who bats either right-handed or left-handed. (Baseball.) I’m not a switch-hitter. In fact, I can hardly hit the ball at all. 2. n. a bisexual person. (From sense 1) Bart finally decided he was a switch-hitter and asked Brad for a date since Mary was busy.

switch hitter

Originally and literally, a baseball player who can bat either left-handed or right-handed. This meaning dates from the first half of the 1900s but since the mid-1900s the term has been used figuratively for a bisexual person. Further, it is occasionally used for someone or something equally adept at two jobs or in two capacities. Thus an online physics article had, “New, Unusual Semi-Conductor is a Switch Hitter” (January 30, 2009), turning from one type to another via a simple change in temperature.See also: hitter, switch

switch-hitter


switch-hitter

A colloquial term for a bisexual person, a metaphor borrowed from baseball referring to a player who has a good batting average swinging from either the left or right side.

switch-hitter


  • noun

Words related to switch-hitter

noun a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed

Related Words

  • batsman
  • batter
  • hitter
  • slugger

noun slang term for a bisexual person

Related Words

  • bisexual
  • bisexual person
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