英语词汇“to touch base”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. colloquial (originally U.S.). to touch base.

(a) Baseball. To make contact with a base (base n.¹ 18b) during play, either while making a run, or in order to put out an opposing player. The fuller form touch the base is now more common.

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1875 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily State Jrnl. 21 July McFarland..touched base and put him out.

1915 Boston Daily Globe 7 Sept. 16/2 Norton touched base wrongly.

1947 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 28 Mar. 13/6 Merkle, after starting towards second, veered to the clubhouse without touching base.

2000 D. W. Anderson More than Merkle ii. 17 Heading for the club-house without touching base after a game-winning hit could be simple self-preservation.

(b) Originally U.S. To make or renew contact with a person or thing; esp. to visit or return to a place for a short time; to meet or talk with a person briefly, typically in order to exchange news or information. Also in extended use.

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1918 F. Palmer Amer. in France viii. 81 He had touched base at every desk in Headquarters without ever having a chance to discuss the war situation.

1948 Washington Post 4 Nov. 1/6 The Secretary is expected home from Paris soon to touch base with the President.

1968 New Castle (Pa.) News 31 Dec. 45/2 To circumnavigate the globe in non-Anglo-American airships without touching base in the United States and West Europe.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 22 July 58 He seems to have touched base with every active group and is not hesitant about judging the sincerity and effectiveness of each.

1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. i. 27/1 We think black folks have a need to touch base with something black.

2013 A. Gibbons Raining Fire xviii. 220 I thought I'd just touch base with you, you know, catch up on things.

单词	to touch base
释义	> as lemmas to touch base a. colloquial (originally U.S.). to touch base. (a) Baseball. To make contact with a base (base n.¹ 18b) during play, either while making a run, or in order to put out an opposing player. The fuller form touch the base is now more common. ΚΠ 1875 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily State Jrnl. 21 July McFarland..touched base and put him out. 1915 Boston Daily Globe 7 Sept. 16/2 Norton touched base wrongly. 1947 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 28 Mar. 13/6 Merkle, after starting towards second, veered to the clubhouse without touching base. 2000 D. W. Anderson More than Merkle ii. 17 Heading for the club-house without touching base after a game-winning hit could be simple self-preservation. (b) Originally U.S. To make or renew contact with a person or thing; esp. to visit or return to a place for a short time; to meet or talk with a person briefly, typically in order to exchange news or information. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1918 F. Palmer Amer. in France viii. 81 He had touched base at every desk in Headquarters without ever having a chance to discuss the war situation. 1948 Washington Post 4 Nov. 1/6 The Secretary is expected home from Paris soon to touch base with the President. 1968 New Castle (Pa.) News 31 Dec. 45/2 To circumnavigate the globe in non-Anglo-American airships without touching base in the United States and West Europe. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 22 July 58 He seems to have touched base with every active group and is not hesitant about judging the sincerity and effectiveness of each. 1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. i. 27/1 We think black folks have a need to touch base with something black. 2013 A. Gibbons Raining Fire xviii. 220 I thought I'd just touch base with you, you know, catch up on things. extracted from touchv. < as lemmas
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