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- Baseball the part of the outfield to the left of the batter when facing the pitcher【棒】左外场(击球手面对投手时左侧的外场):
a high fly to left field.
一个高飞球打到了左外场。
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- figurative a position or direction that is surprising or unconventional〈喻〉意想不到(或不按常例)的立场(或取向); 标新立异的见解(或立场):
seldom do so many witty touches come out of left field.
持标新立异见解的人极少有妙语连珠的本领。
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- figurative a position of ignorance, error, or confusion〈喻〉无知, 出错或混乱状态:
he's way over in left field on these issues.
在这些问题上, 他表现得十分无知。
- (of artistic work) radical or experimental(艺术作品)激进或实验性的:
left-field guitar-based music.
以吉他为主的实验性音乐。
ORIGIN: first applied to jazz.
派生词