| 单词 | heavy hitter |
| 释义 | heavy hitterSEE SYNONYMS FOR heavy hitter ON THESAURUS.COM nouna baseball player who makes many extra-base hits. a very important or influential person: the secretary of state and other heavy hitters. Origin of heavy hitterFirst recorded in 1975–80 OTHER WORDS FROM heavy hitterheavy-hitter, adjectiveWords nearby heavy hitterheavy going, heavy-handed, heavy hand, with a, heavy-hearted, heavy heart, with a, heavy hitter, heavy hydrogen, heavy ion, heavy-ion treatment, heavy-laden, heavy lifting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for heavy hitterheavy hitter nouninformal another term for big hitter (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with heavy hitterheavy hitter An important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry. This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant “hitting hard,” and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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