单词 | bench jockey |
释义 | > as lemmasbench jockey bench jockey n. Baseball a player on the bench who verbally abuses or mocks members of the opposing team in an attempt to distract them. ΚΠ 1925 Frederick (Maryland) Post 21 Dec. 3/2 The veteran players in the American League were pestered last season by the oral bombs of a bench jockey who couldn't be stopped even by a smack or two on the mouth. 1939 G. S. Cochrane Baseball vii. 125 All the bench jockeys on the circuit were quickly counting ten on every pitch Lefty made. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Aug. c17/4 Those Dodgers had a reputation for being the rowdiest bench jockeys. < as lemmas |
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