单词 | pinch-hit |
释义 | pinch-hitv. Chiefly U.S. (originally Baseball). 1. intransitive. To act as a substitute for another batter, esp. at a crucial point in a game. Also more generally: to take the place of another person or thing, esp. in an emergency. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > types of hit bunt1889 fungo1889 fly1893 sacrifice1905 triple1908 pinch-hit1911 homer1912 single1916 squeeze bunt1952 1911 Washington Post 6 May 9/4 Neither made the percentage of gain that was Schaeffer's yesterday, when he pinched hit at a 1,000 clip. 1914 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 12 July ii. 1/2 Duffy Lewis, after pinch hitting for Ruth in the seventh, played out the rest of the game in left field. 1918 R. W. Lardner My Four Weeks in France viii. 179 He had the thing running, with a piece of common binding twine pinch-hitting for the cord. 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 17 Dec. 24 John Neilson gave the talk,..but I thought they were just using him to pinch-hit for Bo McMillin. 1957 R. Longrigg Switchboard iv. 59 ‘I wonder if you can help me out of a jam?.. I'm supposed to be lunching with a man called Robinson... I now find I can't do it. I've made some kind of nonsense with the dates—’ ‘Shall I pinch-hit?’ 1973 E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) x. 156 ‘With no secretary, how do we find out where they are?’ ‘They've got some old girl from the History Department pinch-hitting.’ 1999 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Apr. d1/6 Willis Otanez pinched hit for Ripken and remained in the game until Jeff Reboulet replaced him for defensive purposes in the eighth inning. 2. transitive. To hit (the ball) while playing as a substitute; to substitute (a person), esp. at a crucial point in a game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter pop1867 foul1870 poke1880 pole1882 bunch1883 line1887 to foul off1888 rip1896 sacrifice1905 pickle1906 to wait out1909 pull1912 single1916 pinch-hit1929 nub1948 tag1961 tomahawk1978 1929 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 27 May 11/2 Old Cy Williams pinch hit a homer with two on in the ninth. 1985 RedsVue (Cincinnati) 6 Oct. 8/1 Browning gave up six runs in six innings and was losing 6–1 when he was pinch-hit. 1991 Sports Illustr. 15 Apr. 133/1 You'll want to factor that into your decision whether to pinch-hit either a righthanded pull hitter or..a lefthanded hitter who can go to the opposite field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1911 |
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