| 释义 | shaugh·nes·sy playoff \ˈshȯnəsē-, -si-\ noun
 Usage: usually capitalized S
 Etymology: after Francis J. Shaughnessy, b 1883 American baseball official
 : a playoff among the top four teams of a league (as in minor league baseball and ice hockey) in which team one usually plays team three, team two plays team four, and the two winners play each other
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