| 单词 | to walk home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk home to walk over (the course): (literal, of a horse) to go over the course at a walking pace, so as to be accounted the winner of a race in which there is no opposition; (in extended use) to win a race or other contest with little or no effort; also to walk over (an opponent), to be declared the winner of a contest because of the opponent's failure to compete; to walk away from, to outdistance easily in a race (in quot. figurative). Also to walk away with, to win (a prize), steal (a show), with ease; to walk home, to win a contest with ease; to walk round (U.S. colloquial): to beat (an opponent) easily. to walk in: to win an election easily. Cf. to win in a walk at walk n.1 Phrases 4.extracted from walkv.to walk home b. transitive. With in. To force in (a run) by giving up a walk with the bases loaded. Also to walk home. ΚΠ 1894 Washington Post 21 Apr. 6/1 Walked in with a run... The winning run was forced across the plate by a base on balls.] 1908 Cambr. City (Indiana) Tribune 20 Aug. Scott, the pitcher for the locals, was somewhat wild in the initial round and walked in two runs. 1974 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 2 Oct. 29/2 Marshall walked home two more runs with the bases loaded. 2003 M. Gallagher Yankee Encycl. (ed. 6) 170/1 Joe came into the game in the third inning with the bases loaded and walked in two runs. < as lemmas |
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