| 单词 | roundhouse curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroundhouse curve 1. Baseball. Of a curve ball: making a wide, gradual loop. Chiefly in roundhouse curve. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > movement of ball hot1865 curved1870 fast-breaking1893 roundhouse1897 seeing eye1950 1897 Washington Post 18 May 8/2 His only curve is one of those roundhouse benders that begins to break twenty feet in front of the plate. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 19 When I first joined the Giants, I had what is known as the ‘old round-house curve’, which is no more than a big, slow outdrop. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vi. 128 My erstwhile friend's roundhouse curve..kept the opposing hitters off the bases. 1991 P. Stillwell Battleship Arizona 158/2 He had a big, roundhouse curveball as well. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. iii. 2/1 Matsuzaka..has a handful of secondary pitches, including a change, a roundhouse curve and a split-finger fastball. < as lemmas |
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