left field

名词 n.
/ˌlɛft ˈfild/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher. countable,uncountable
    — The double, by pinch-hitter Ruben Sierra, curved sharply toward foul ground in deep left field but then changed its mind and hit the line instead—a big hit, and a smile at last from the great and enigmatically difficult game.
  2. The defensive position in the outfield to the left. countable,uncountable
  3. An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field). countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking.
  4. An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field) countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Tonne is way out in left field if he thinks a voice writing machine will never be built or that there are no existing prototypes or work being done in this […]

词形变化

left fields plural
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary