| 单词 | bat |
| 释义 | bat bat1 /bat/, n. , v. , batted, batting. n. 1. Sports. a. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. b. a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis. c. a whip used by a jockey. d. the act of using a club or racket in a game. e. the right or turn to use a club or racket. 2. a heavy stick, club, or cudgel. 3. Informal. a blow, as with a bat. 4. any fragment of brick or hardened clay. 5. Masonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole. 6. Brit. Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, esp. the pace of the stroke or step of a race. 7. Slang. a spree; binge: to go on a bat. 8. Ceram. a. a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing. b. a slab of moist clay. c. a ledge or shelf in a kiln. d. a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip. 9. batt. 10. at bat, Baseball. a. taking one's turn to bat in a game: at bat with two men in scoring position. b. an instance at bat officially charged to a batter except when the batter is hit by a pitch, receives a base on balls, is interfered with by the catcher, or makes a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly: two hits in three at bats. 11. go to bat for, Informal. to intercede for; vouch for; defend: to go to bat for a friend. 12. right off the bat, Informal. at once; without delay: They asked me to sing right off the bat. v.t. 13. to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club. 14. Baseball. to have a batting average of; hit: He batted .325 in spring training. v.i. 15. Sports. a. to strike at the ball with the bat. b. to take one's turn as a batter. 16. Slang. to rush. 17. bat around, a. Slang. to roam; drift. b. Informal. to discuss or ponder; debate: We batted the idea around. c. Baseball. to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning. 18. bat in, Baseball. to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit: He batted in two runs with a double to left. 19. bat out, to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly: I have to bat out a term paper before class. 20. bat the breeze. See breeze1 (def. 5). [1175-1225; (n.) ME bat, bot, batte, OE batt, perh. < Celt; cf. Ir, ScotGael bat, bata staff, cudgel; (v.) ME batten, partly from the n., partly < OF batre; see BATTER1] Syn. 13. knock, wallop, swat, smack, sock, slug; clout, clobber. bat2 —batlike, adj. /bat/, n. 1. any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs. 2. blind as a bat, nearly or completely blind; having very poor vision: Anyone can tell that he's blind as a bat, but he won't wear glasses. 3. have bats in one's belfry, Informal. to have crazy ideas; be very peculiar, erratic, or foolish: If you think you can row across the ocean in that boat, you have bats in your belfry. [1570-75; appar. < Scand; cf. dial. Sw natt-batta, var. of OSw natt-bakka night-bat; r. ME bakke ( < Scand), ME balke for *blake < Scand; cf. dial. Sw natt-blacka] bat3 /bat/, v.t., batted, batting. 1. to blink; wink; flutter. 2. not bat an eye, to show no emotion or surprise; maintain a calm exterior: The murderer didn't bat an eye when the jury announced its verdict of guilty. [1605-15; var. of BATE2] |
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