southpaw
英 ['saʊθpɔː]
美 ['saʊθpɔ]
- n. 左撇子；用左手投球的投手
- adj. 用左手的
southpaw 左撇子south,南方的，paw,爪子。棒球俚语，因棒球场本垒通常位于西边，从南边掷球即为左撇子。
- southpaw (n.)
- "lefthander," 1885, originally baseball slang, of pitchers, often said to have been coined by Finley Peter Dunne ("Mr. Dooley"), Chicago sports journalist and humorist, in the days when, it is said, baseball diamonds regularly were laid out with home plate to the west. But south paw "a person's left hand" is attested from 1848 in the slang of pugilism.
- 1. They have a southpaw on the mound.
- 他们有一个左手投球手.
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- 2. Their pitcher was a southpaw.
- 他们的棒球投手是一个左撇子.
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- 3. Quintana is a crafty southpaw with good skills and is by no means a walk - over.
- 昆塔纳是个技术出色的狡猾的 左撇子,绝非等闲之辈.
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