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球棒；球拍
A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
例句
...a baseball bat.
棒球球棒
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VERB
輪到擊球
When you bat, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a bat in baseball, softball, cricket, or rounders.
例句
Australia, put in to bat, made a cautious start.
輪到澳大利亞隊(duì)出場(chǎng)擊球，他們開(kāi)始打得很謹(jǐn)慎。
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蝙蝠
A bat is a small flying animal that looks like a mouse with wings made of skin. Bats are active at night.
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PHRASE
連眼睛也不眨一下；鎮(zhèn)定自若；泰然處之
When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn't bat an eyelid in British English, or doesn't bat an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
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PHRASE
支持；為…出力
If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
例句
The old judge doesn't like the thought of no one going in to bat for the accused.
老法官不希望沒(méi)有人為被告辯護(hù)。
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PHRASE
（開(kāi)車）飛一般地，風(fēng)馳電掣地，飛快地
If you drive like a bat out of hell, you drive extremely fast.
例句
He took off for Helsinki like a bat out of hell.
他飛快趕往赫爾辛基。
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PHRASE
獨(dú)立地；自主地；主動(dòng)地
If someone does something off their own bat, they do it without anyone else suggesting it.
例句
Whatever she did she did off her own bat. Whatever she did was nothing to do with me.
她所做的一切都是她自己主動(dòng)要做的。她做的任何事都與我無(wú)關(guān)。
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PHRASE
馬上；立刻
If something happens right off the bat, it happens immediately.
例句
He learned right off the bat that you can't count on anything in this business.
他立刻明白在這一行業(yè)中不能依靠任何東西。