单词 | platoon player |
释义 | platoon playern. North American. Sport. 1. American Football. A player in a unit of attack or defence; spec. a player who plays in only one such unit. Cf. platoon n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player side tackle1809 nose guard1852 rusher1877 goalkicker1879 quarterback1879 runner1880 quarter1883 full back1884 left guard1884 snap-back1887 snapper-back1887 running back1891 tackle1891 defensive end1897 guard1897 interferer1897 receiver1897 defensive back1898 defensive tackle1900 safety man1901 ball carrier1902 defensive lineman1902 homebrew1903 offensive lineman1905 lineman1907 returner1911 signal caller1915 rover1916 interference1920 punt returner1926 pass rusher1928 tailback1930 safety1931 blocker1935 faker1938 scatback1946 linesman1947 flanker1953 platoon player1953 corner-back1955 pulling guard1955 split end1955 return man1957 slot-back1959 strong safety1959 wide receiver1960 line-backer1961 pocket passer1963 tight end1963 run blocker1967 wideout1967 blitzer1968 1953 Los Angeles Times 29 May iv. 2/1 Now the many ‘Walter Camps’ will brazenly try to foretell how platoon players of 1952 will fare as both-ways performers in 1953. 1990 USA Today (Nexis) 23 Jan. 12 c He got a start at right tackle, filled in for Paris more and more on the left side, and became a regular platoon player. 2. Baseball. A player who alternates with another player in a fielding position. Also (more generally): a player who specializes in one skill, batting style, etc., and is most often substituted into a game as such (esp. when batting). Cf. platoon n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > players alternating at same position Murderers' Row1905 platoon player1960 platoon1976 1960 N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 28/8 With his left-handed power potential, particularly with the short right field at Busch Stadium, he definitely is in the picture as a regular or platoon player. 1983 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 12 Oct. 23 b/6 Dwyer, a platoon player in the right field with Ford, had only 196 at-bats during the season and eight homers. 2001 J. Ksicinski Jocks & Socks ii. 42 A left-handed-hitting platoon player will know he's in there the next day if a right-hander is pitching. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953 |
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