| 单词 | bat |
| 释义 | Word Frequency bat 1(bæt) noun 1. any of various types of club with a handle, used to hit the ball in certain sports, such as cricket, baseball, or table tennis 2. a flat round club with a short handle, resembling a table-tennis bat, used by a person on the ground to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing 3. cricket short for batsman 4. any stout stick, esp a wooden one 5. informal a blow from such a stick 6. Australian a small board used for tossing the coins in the game of two-up 7. US and Canadian slang a drinking spree; binge 8. slang speed; rate; pace they went at a fair bat 9. another word for batting (sense 1) 10. carry one's bat 11. off one's own bat 12. off the bat verbWord forms: bats, batting or batted 13. (transitive) to strike with or as if with a bat 14. (intransitive) sport (of a player or a team) to take a turn at batting Word origin Old English batt club, probably of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic bat, Russian batWord Frequency bat 2(bæt) noun 1. any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera, being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) ▶ Related adjective: chiropteran2. derogatory, slang an irritating or eccentric woman (esp in the phrase old bat) 3. blind as a bat 4. have bats in the belfry 5. like a bat out of hell Derived forms batlike (ˈbatlike) adjective Word origin C14 bakke, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ledhrblaka leather-flapper, Swedish dialect natt-batta night batWord Frequency bat 3(bæt) verbWord forms: bats, batting or batted (transitive) 1. to wink or flutter (one's eyelids) 2. not bat an eye Word origin C17: probably a variant of bate2 |
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