| 单词 | letter-high |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter-high letter-high adj. (a) Printing of the same height as the type being used (now rare); (b) Baseball (of a pitch) chest-high; at the height of the letters on the batter's uniform. ΚΠ 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 18 In the choice of his Brass Rules, he examines that they be exactly Letter high. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 122 Brass rules should be exactly letter-high. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 212 Bearers letter-high placed round the block. 1889 Amer. Printer & Lithographer July 12 Brass rules occasion much trouble. If full letter high they are sharp, and leave an impression on the plate. 1911 Mansfield (Ohio) News 8 Aug. 8/4 When you see the pill coming right over about letter high and your old bat can hardly wait till he meets her, why intuition tells you that the ball is going to take some ride and probably over the fence. 1988 R. Angell Season Ticket (1989) ix. 201 He cuts violently at the next delivery, a letter-high fastball. 2009 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Sport section) 6 Seamon got a letter-high pitch and launched it over the fence in left. < as lemmas |
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