3.be at batDSBto be the person who is trying to hit the ball in a game of baseball 〔棒球比赛中〕轮到击球
4do something off your own batINDEPENDENT PERSONBritish EnglishBrE informal to do something without being told to do it 主动地做某事,自觉地做某事
She went to see a solicitor off her own bat.
她主动去找了律师。
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do something off your own bat• He had made the most ancientblunder in the business quite off his own bat.• Instead, off her own bat, the girl went to see a solicitor in Newton Abbott, Devon.
5do something right off the batIMMEDIATELYAmerican EnglishAmE informal to do something immediately 立刻去做某事
He said yes right off the bat.
他当即就答应了。
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do something right off the bat• I asked him to help, and he said yesright off the bat.• At least not right off the bat.
6like a bat out of hellinformalFAST/QUICK very fast 极快地,飞快地
I drove like a bat out of hell to the hospital.
我飞快地开车赶往医院。
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like a bat out of hell• I drove like a bat out of hell to the hospital.• They took off like a bat out of hell for TanSon Nhut.
7.old batspokenWOMAN an unpleasant old woman 老家伙,老太婆
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old bat• Most of our women in the House are frightfulold bats.• She's a realold bat, she is.• I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old batthreatened to stop it out of my wages.• The old bat led me astray in more ways than one.• The old bats included a plastic, an aluminum and a wooden one.• But smoking was obviously kosher as far as this old bat went.
1.[intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSCDSB to hit the ball with a bat in cricket or baseball 〔板球或棒球运动〕用球板[棒]击(球)
2not bat an eye/eyelidinformalSHOCK to not seem to be shocked, surprised, or embarrassed 眼睛/眼皮都不眨一下;泰然不动,面不改色
They started talking about sex, but she didn’t bat an eyelid.
他们说起了男女之间的事,可她若无其事,连眼睛都不眨一下。
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not bat an eye/eyelid• He used to tell the worstlies without batting an eye.
3.bat your eyes/eyelashesif a woman bats her eyes, she opens and closes them severaltimes quickly, in order to look attractive to men 〔女人〕扑闪眼睛/挤眉弄眼〔为在男人面前显得动人〕
4.go to bat for somebodySUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANAmerican EnglishAmE informal to help and support someone 帮助某人,为某人出力
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go to bat for somebody• Rene went to bat for me with the director and I ended up getting the part.
5be batting a thousandSUCCESSFULAmerican EnglishAmE informal to be very successful 很有成就
She’s been batting a thousand since she got that job.
她得到那份工作以后,一直一帆风顺。
6.bat something ↔ aroundphrasal verbphr v informalDISCUSSto discussvarious ideas or suggestions 讨论,商量
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bat around• There are no Draculas turning into bats and flying around.• Would you like to bat me around a little bit to warm up?• The bat flapped around his misshapen hat and took off into the dark.• The new question was batted silently around the room, a room that was growing increasingly hot and airless.
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bat• He batted 205 minutes in the second innings, making 65 not out.• I noticed that she blinked a lot and, at times, seemed to be trying to bat away the dust.• In a tightmatch at Christleton visitors Oakmere batted first and set a total of 165 for five, Paul Matthews 66.• Laxman batted for 12 hours in two innings over three days here, and naturally was man of the match.• After the hearing you return to the gallery to bat out a quick story.
Originbat1
1. (1500-1600)back“bat”((14-16 centuries)), probably from a Scandinavian language.
VERB + BAT | PREPOSITIONVERB + BAT➤go in to, go to, put sb in to輪到擊球;使某人進入擊球方◇Hick went in to bat after Hussain.希克在侯賽因之後擊球。◇He went to bat, two runs down, with his team about to lose.輪到他擊球了,他們隊落後了兩分,眼看要輸了。◇India won the toss and put England in to bat.拋硬幣猜正反面印度隊贏了,讓英格蘭隊首先擊球。◇She really went to bat for me (= supported me).她確實支持了我。PREPOSITION➤for (BrE) 為⋯擊球◇Smith was first to bat for Warwickshire.史密斯第一個為沃里克郡隊擊球。