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

bat¹ /bat/

noun

A flattish club for striking the ball in cricket

A rounded club for baseball

In tennis, etc, a racket (informal)

A turn at batting (cricket)

A batsman

Something shaped like a bat, eg the signalling devices used by a batman to guide aircraft

A heavy stick

The clown or harlequin's lath

A piece of brick

Speed, rate (slang)

A drunken spree (slang)

A blow

A sheet of batting (also batt)

A layer of felt used in hat-making (also batt)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

battˈing

battˈed

To hit with a bat in cricket, etc

To take a turn at batting in cricket, etc

To hit as with a bat

ORIGIN: Perh from OE bat (a doubtful form), prob Celtic bat staff

battˈer noun

battˈing noun

The action of or skill at using a bat in cricket or baseball

Cotton wadding prepared in sheets, for quilts, etc

batˈfish noun

Any of several groups of fish with winglike projections, esp the Ogocephalidae or the Pacific Epippidae

batˈfowling noun

Catching birds at night by using lights to confuse them

batˈman noun

A man on an airfield or aircraft-carrier who assists planes to taxi to position using a pair of lightweight bats (also batsˈman)

bat printing noun

A method of printing in which designs are transferred by means of a sheet of gelatine

batsˈman or batsˈwoman noun

A player who bats in cricket
(batsman) see also batman above

batsˈmanship noun

bat around (slang)

To wander
To go on a bat

bat for both sides (slang)

To be bisexual
To be duplicitous

bat for the other side (slang)

To be homosexual

carry one's bat (cricket)

Of an opening batsman, to remain not-out at the end of a completed innings

go to bat for (N American informal)

To defend, take the side of

off one's own bat

By one's own efforts
On one's own initiative

right off the bat (N Am inf)

Straight away

bat1 /bat/

bat¹ /bat/