baseball

英 ['be?sb??l] 美['besb?l]

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復(fù)數(shù):?baseballs;

baseball (n.): in the modern sense, 1845, American English, from base (n.) + ball (n.1). Earlier references, such as in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey," refer to the game of "rounders," of which baseball is a more elaborate variety. Legendarily invented 1839 by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Base was used for "start or finish line of a race" from 1690s; and the sense of "safe spot" found in modern children's game of tag can be traced to 14c. (the sense in baseball is from 1868).

1. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player: 靠過去完成的無法讓人保有成功，必須在路上持續(xù)交出成績。

2. He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field.: 他是我在棒球場上見過的跑得最快的家伙。

3. Casey Stengel was probably the most colorful character in baseball.: 凱西·施滕格爾可能是棒球界最有趣的人物。

5. The team's products easily outsell those of other American baseball clubs overseas.: 該棒球隊(duì)產(chǎn)品的海外銷量要遠(yuǎn)超過美國其他棒球俱樂部。