big league noun
Learner's definition of BIG LEAGUE
the big leagues
US
: the two main U.S. baseball leagues (the American League and the National League)美国职业棒球大联盟(由美国两大职业棒球联盟,即美国棒球联盟和美国全国棒球联盟组成) —
often used figuratively常用作比喻
— big-league
adjective, always used before a noun -
He hit a home run in his first big-league [=major-league] game.他参加大联盟棒球赛的第一场比赛时就打出了本垒打。
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big-league baseball一流的棒球运动
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a big-league team职业大联盟中的球队
— big leaguer
noun, plural big leaguers [count]