单词 | ballpark |
释义 | ballpark (once / 6484 pages) 1n 2n A ballpark is the area where baseball is played. When you go to the ballpark, you can sit in the stands, eat a hot dog, and cheer for your favorite team. Ballpark is an American word from the late 1800s, originally a shortened form of baseball park. The ballpark is familiar to baseball fans, their equivalent of a football stadium or a tennis court. Colloquially, you can be "in the ballpark" when you're close or within a certain range: "I'm just guessing how much that car costs, but I bet I'm in the ballpark." WORD FAMILYballpark: ballparks USAGE EXAMPLESCormorants gather on a light standard high above the Husky Ballpark next to the Union Bay Natural Area. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The next big addition to the buzzing area around Nationals Park is the Dock 79 development, located between the ballpark and the Anacostia River. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) She's noticed that movie theaters and ballparks are also offering sensory-friendly days. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 n a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games) 2take me out to the ballpark Syn|Hyper park arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments n near to the scope or range of something his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark Syn|Hyper approximate range ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" |
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