| 单词 | bat |
| 释义 | bat (once / 192 pages) 1nv 2n 3v 4v A bat is used in the sports of baseball and cricket to hit a small, hard ball. In baseball, a bat can be made out of wood or aluminum. Bat can be a verb as well: when you're up at bat in a baseball game, it means it's your turn to bat with the bat. There is also an animal called a bat, a small, nocturnal bird-like mammal. People can be said to "bat their eyelashes," or flutter them flirtatiously, as well. This last meaning, from the mid-1800s, comes from an earlier sense of bat, "flutter like a hawk's wings." WORD FAMILYbat: bats, batted, batter, batting+/batter: battered, battering, batters/battered: batteredest/battering: batterings USAGE EXAMPLESRoger Clemens fails to get votes necessary for Baseball Hall of Fame, hurls bat shard at Mike Piazza’s plaque in Cooperstown. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Thinking it was Gunther, he almost brained Martin with a baseball bat. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The general rule of thumb is to save 10 to 15 percent toward retirement, but that is often too much off the bat. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a club used for hitting a ball in various games Hypo|Hyper baseball bat, lumber an implement used in baseball by the batter paddlesmall wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games pingpong paddle, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquetpaddle used to play table tennis club stout stick that is larger at one end 2n the club used in playing cricket a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting Syn|Hyper cricket bat cricket equipment sports equipment used in playing cricket 3n a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash Syn|Hyper squash racket, squash racquet racket, racquet a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games 4n (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit he was at bat when it happened he got four hits in four at- bats Syn|Hyper at-bat play, turn (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 5v use a bat Who's batting? Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 6v strike with, or as if with a baseball bat bat the ball Hypo|Hyper switch-hit bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 7v have a turn at bat 2Jones bats first, followed by Martinez Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument n nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper chiropteran fruit bat, megabat large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit carnivorous bat, microbattypically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution flying foxlarge bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox Pteropus capestratusa variety of fruit bat Pteropus hypomelanusa variety of fruit bat harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit batany of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes Cynopterus sphinxa variety of fruit eating bat mouse-eared bata carnivorous bat with ears like a mouse leaf-nosed bat, leafnose batbat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae vespertilian bat, vespertilionida variety of carnivorous bat brown batany of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings free-tailed bat, freetail, freetailed batsmall swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions mastiff bata soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground true vampire bat, vampire batany of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials v wink briefly 4bat one's eyelids Syn|Hyper flutter blink, nictate, nictitate, wink briefly shut the eyes v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight Syn|Hyper clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash flail, lam, thrash, thresh give a thrashing to; beat hard beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
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