| 单词 | hot corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot corner hot corner n. (a) Hunting an area where there is a great deal of game, esp. game that has been farmed or raised to be hunted; (b) Baseball third base (apparently with reference to fielding hard shots from right-handed batters; cf. senses A. 9b, A. 9d). ΚΠ 1870 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 529/2 I detest battues and hot corners, and slaughter for slaughter's sake. 1889 R. Mulford in J. McBride High & Inside (1980) 58 The Brooklyns had Old Hicks on the hot corner all afternoon and it's a miracle he wasn't murdered. 1992 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. 1 a The hot corner of this hunt was where Batten's field abutted the state forest and the back lawn of a Holiday Inn. Every few minutes birds appeared overhead. 2004 N.Y. Mag. 3 May 46/1 The Mets' current third baseman..will be superfluous with the development of top hot-corner prospect David Wright. < as lemmas |
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