yorker

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
    — He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.

词形变化

yorkers plural

词源

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.
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