单词 | grand slam |
释义 | grand slamnoun 1 (usually Grand Slam) trademark in the UK A set of major championships or matches in a particular sport in the same year, in particular tennis, golf, or rugby union: the tennis Grand Slam consists of the four most difficult major tournaments on the international circuit...
1.1Any of the individual championships that comprise a Grand Slam: the season’s final Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows...
1.2The winning of all the individual championships that comprise a Grand Slam: the Springboks' dreams of a first Grand Slam since 1961 were ended by defeats against Ireland and England...
2 Bridge The bidding and winning of all thirteen tricks.A contract to make all 13 tricks is called a grand slam. 3 Baseball A home run hit when each of the three bases is occupied by a runner, thus scoring four runs.He belted four grand slams during the 1968 regular season....
OriginEarly 19th century (as a term in cards, especially bridge): from slam (sense 4 of the noun). |
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