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- an implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis（尤指木质的板球、棒球和乒乓球等运动中的）球拍。
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- a turn at playing with a bat轮到击球。
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- a person batting, especially in cricket; a batsman.（尤指板球运动中的）击球手。
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- each of a pair of objects resembling table tennis bats, used by a person on the ground to guide a taxiing aircraft（用于指挥滑行中飞机的）球拍状手控信号盘。
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- a slab on which pottery is formed, dried, or fired（制陶时用的）泥片。
verb
batted, batting
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- no obj.(of a team or a player in sports such as cricket and baseball) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball（板球、棒球等运动队或球员）击球。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand用手掌击打（人或物）：
he batted the flies away.
他用手把苍蝇赶走。
短语
off one's own bat
- Brit. at one's own instigation; spontaneously〈英〉主动地; 自发地。
right off the bat
- N. Amer. at the very beginning; straight away〈北美〉一开始; 马上。
词源
late Old English batt 'club， stick， staff'， perhaps partly from Old French batte, from battre 'to strike'.
短语动词
bat around（或about）
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. travel widely, frequently, or casually〈非正式, 主北美〉（在…）漫游; （在…）到处闲逛。
bat something around （或about）
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. discuss an idea or proposal casually or idly〈非正式, 主北美〉随意聊聊。
bat for（或go to bat for）
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. defend the interests of; support〈非正式, 主北美〉维护; 支持：
she turned out to have the law batting for her.
最后她得到了法律的支持。
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- a mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs蝙蝠。
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- Order Chiroptera: many families and numerous species. The large tropical fruit bats (suborder Megachiroptera) generally have good eyesight and feed mainly on fruit; the numerous smaller bats (suborder Microchiroptera) are mouse-like in appearance, mainly insectivorous, and use ultrasonic echolocation.翼手目：多科, 众多种。大型热带食果蝙蝠（大蝙蝠亚目）视力好, 主要以果实为生; 其他众多小蝙蝠（小蝙蝠亚目）外形似鼠, 主要食虫, 用超声波回声定位。
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- （一般作old bat）informal a woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant〈非正式〉丑妇。
- ORIGIN: from bat, a slang term for 'prostitute', or from BATTLEAXE.
短语
have bats in the（或one's）belfry
- informal be eccentric or mad〈非正式〉行为乖张; 头脑古怪; 精神失常。
like a bat out of hell
- informal very fast and wildly〈非正式〉飞快地; 不顾一切地。
词源
late 16th cent.: alteration， perhaps by association with medieval Latin batta, blacta, Middle English bakke, of Scandinavian origin.
(batted, batting)with obj.
- flutter (one's eyelashes), typically in a flirtatious manner（尤指轻浮地）眨（眼）：
she batted her long dark eyelashes at him.
她冲着他扑闪着又长又黑的睫毛。
短语
not bat（或without batting）an eyelid（或eye）
- informal show (or showing) no surprise or concern〈非正式〉连眼睛也不眨一眨; 毫不惊讶; 毫不在意：
she paid the bill without batting an eyelid.
她毫不在意地付了账。
词源
late 19th cent. (originally US)： from dialect and US bat 'to wink， blink'， variant of obsolete bate 'to flutter'.