bat

bat1
noun
  1. an implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis
    （尤指木质的板球、棒球和乒乓球等运动中的）球拍
    ■a turn at playing with a bat
    轮到击球
    ■a person batting, especially in cricket; a batsman
    （尤指板球中的）击球手
    ■each of a pair of objects resembling table tennis bats, used by a person on the ground to guide a taxiing aircraft
    （用于指挥滑行中飞机的）球拍状手控信号盘
    ■a slab on which pottery is formed, dried, or fired
    （制陶时用的）泥片
(batted, batting)
[noobj.]
  1. [noobj.](of a team or a player in sports such as cricket and baseball) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball
    （板球、棒球等运动队或球员）击球
  2. [with obj.andadverbial of direction]hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand
    用手掌击打（人或物）
    he batted the flies away.
    他用手把苍蝇赶走。
常用词组
off one's own bat
  1. (Brit.)at one's own instigation; spontaneously
    (英)自发地；主动地
right off the bat
  1. (N. Amer.)at the very beginning; straight away
    (北美)一开始；马上
语源
  1. late Old English batt 'club, stick, staff', perhaps partly from Old French batte, from battre 'to strike'
继承用法
bat around (或 about)
  1. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)travel widely, frequently, or casually
    (非正式， 主 北美)（在…）漫游；（在…）到处闲逛
bat something around (或 about)
  1. ■(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)discuss an idea or proposal casually or idly
    (非正式， 主 北美)随意聊聊
bat for (或 go to bat for)
  1. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)defend the interests of; support
    (非正式， 主 北美)维护；支持
    she turned out to have the law batting for her.
    最后她得到了法律的支持。
bat2
noun
  1. a mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs
    蝙蝠
  2. Order Chiroptera: many families and numerous species. The large tropical fruit bats (suborder Megachiroptera) generally have good eyesight and feed mainly on fruit; the numerous smaller bats (suborder Microchiroptera) are mouse-like in appearance, mainly insectivorous, and use ultrasonic echolocation
    翼手目： 多科，众多种。大型热带食果蝙蝠（大蝙蝠亚目）视力好，主要以果实为生；其他众多小蝙蝠（小蝙蝠亚目）外形似鼠，主要食虫，用超声波回声定位
  3. (一般作 old bat)(informal)a woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant. battleaxe
    (非正式)丑妇
常用词组
have bats in the (或 one's) belfry
  1. (informal)be eccentric or mad
    (非正式)行为乖张；想法荒诞；精神失常
like a bat out of hell
  1. (informal)very fast and wildly
    (非正式)飞快地；不顾一切地
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: alteration, perhaps by association with medieval Latin batta, blacta, Middle English bakke, of Scandinavian origin
bat3
(batted, batting)
  1. [with obj.]flutter (one's eyelashes), typically in a flirtatious manner
    （尤指轻浮地）眨（眼）
    she batted her long dark eyelashes at him.
    她冲着他扑闪着又长又黑的睫毛。
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not bat (或 without batting) an eyelid (或 eye)
  1. (informal)show (or showing) no surprise or concern
    (非正式)连眼睛也不眨一眨；毫不惊讶；毫不在意
    she paid the bill without batting an eyelid.
    她毫不在意地付了账。
语源
  1. late 19th cent. (originally US): from dialect and US bat 'to wink, blink', variant of obsolete bate 'to flutter'
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