pinch hitter

替补打者,替补打手,代替击球手,代替打者

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
- : any substitute for another, especially in an emergency.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsubstitute batter

Synonyms

backup备份,备件,备援,备用的 designated hitter指定击球手,指定打击者,指定打者,指定击球员 replacement替换,更换,置换,替代 dh卫生署 alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行 fill-in填补,填充物,填写,填补空缺 proxy代表,代理,代理人,委托书 stand-in替身,替补,替身演员,替代者

Examples

Because somehow, after all that, after Báez was booed when he stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter earlier in the afternoon, he was the man running from first base when Marlins left fielder Jorge Alfaro bobbled Michael Conforto’s double.
Despite it being his scheduled day off, Ohtani entered the game as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded and Los Angeles trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Manager Dave Martinez didn’t swap Robles out for Soto or another pinch hitter because he had already burned Andrew Stevenson, his last available outfielder, in a double-switch before the top of the eighth.
Since then, Kieboom has pinch-hit twice and García has been a pinch hitter, pinch runner and starting second baseman, appearing in all three games.
Shallots don’t last as long as regular storage onions, meaning if you happen to come into a windfall, consider using them sooner rather than later, including as a pinch hitter.
Pinch it with your fingers until it makes large crumbles and distribute it on the berries (it will not cover them entirely).
“Air refueling and airlift assets were the literal pinch I am describing here,” the official said.
“As much as I want to complain, I have to pinch myself that this is happening,” she said.
He packed a large pinch of the snuff against his bottom gum.
Picture a slightly younger Alice with a pinch more physical humor in an office.
Here are pretty goings on—a pinch of your snuff, Perker, my boy—never were such times, eh?
That first 'pinch' was its own priceless reward, far above present appreciation or future fame.

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pinch hitter

替补打者,替补打手,代替击球手,代替打者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
- : any substitute for another, especially in an emergency.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsubstitute batter

Synonyms

Examples

Because somehow, after all that, after Báez was booed when he stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter earlier in the afternoon, he was the man running from first base when Marlins left fielder Jorge Alfaro bobbled Michael Conforto’s double.
Despite it being his scheduled day off, Ohtani entered the game as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded and Los Angeles trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Manager Dave Martinez didn’t swap Robles out for Soto or another pinch hitter because he had already burned Andrew Stevenson, his last available outfielder, in a double-switch before the top of the eighth.
Since then, Kieboom has pinch-hit twice and García has been a pinch hitter, pinch runner and starting second baseman, appearing in all three games.
Shallots don’t last as long as regular storage onions, meaning if you happen to come into a windfall, consider using them sooner rather than later, including as a pinch hitter.
Pinch it with your fingers until it makes large crumbles and distribute it on the berries (it will not cover them entirely).
“Air refueling and airlift assets were the literal pinch I am describing here,” the official said.
“As much as I want to complain, I have to pinch myself that this is happening,” she said.
He packed a large pinch of the snuff against his bottom gum.
Picture a slightly younger Alice with a pinch more physical humor in an office.
Here are pretty goings on—a pinch of your snuff, Perker, my boy—never were such times, eh?
That first 'pinch' was its own priceless reward, far above present appreciation or future fame.

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