| 释义 |
bat
noun- a foolish or eccentric person US, 1894
- A bat can’t go it. Bat? You mean a dingbat? [fool, incompetent]. yeah. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 162, 1972
- The old bat on the door who rode shotgun on the money box–really a cigar box–never did act like she was going to give me the chance to take it. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 12, 1973
- an ugly woman US
- — David Claerbaut, Black Jargon in White America, p. 57, 1972
- an extended period of drunkenness CANADA
- “Lil’s still drinkin, if that’s what you mean, Goldy,” Syd told her. “She’s been on an awful bat for the past week.” — Hugh Garner, The Intruders, p. 304, 1977
- a drinking binge US, 1846
- One sip and I’ll go on a nine-week bat. — John D.McDonald, The Nean Jungle, p. 21, 1953
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 29, 1971
- — Jack Chambers (Editor), Slang Bag 93 (University of Toronto), p. 5, Winter 1993
- a fat marijuana cigarette US, 1975
Pun on “baseball bat” as STICK- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 30, 1986
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 286, 2003
- a shoe; a slipper UK, 1992
Variant spellings are “batt” and “bate”. - [B]ats of death but bona maquillage [good make-up], I must say. — the cast of “Aspects of Love”, Prince of Wales Theatre, Palare (Boy Dancer Talk) for Beginners, 1989–92
- [She] orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats[.] — James Gardiner, Who’s a Pretty Boy Then?, p. 123, 1997
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 164, 2002
- — Attitude, July 2003: “Old palare lexicon”
- male mastubation AUSTRALIA
- — Thommo, The Dictionary of Australian Swearing and Sex Sayings, p. 15, 1985
- in horse racing, the whip used by the jockey US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 12, 1951
▶ at bat
said of an appearance before a judge, magistrate or parole board US- You’re first a bat, Henry. Take off your cap and come along. — Malcolm Braly, On the Yard, p. 17, 1967
▶ like a bat out of hell
at great speed US, 1909- Like a bat out of hell / I’ll be gone gone gone. — Jim Steinmans, Bat Out of Hell, 1977
▶ off the bat
immediately, swiftly US, 1907
From the speed that a ball moves when struck by a bat.- They are not going for a primitive capability, they’re basically aiming for a Soyuz or Apollo capability straight off the bat[.] — New Scientist, 12 November 2002
▶ off your own bat
without assistance, independently UK, 1845
Usage inspired by cricket.- Do you suppose he can have decided to go back to England off his own bat? — Douglas Rutherford, The Creeping Flesh, p. 74, 1963
▶ on the bat
to be working as a prostitute UK, 1984
Extended from an obsolete use of “bat” (a prostitute). |