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home run

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Baseball
ˌhome ˈrun noun [countable]  DSBa long hit in baseball which allows the player who hits the ball to run around all the bases and get a point 〔棒球运动的〕本垒打 I didn’t think I could hit a home run. 我觉得我打不出本垒打。
Examples from the Corpus
home runIn one of the awful sports cliches politicians love so much, he had to hit a home run.Such a blow was now a home run.A home run by Mark McLemore in the fifth was the only dent Texas was able to lay on him.In three-plus seasons, Piazza has averaged one home run for every 15. 8 at-bats.It was a personal home run, but a fashion base hit.hit ... home runIn 1987, Mr Salvigsen again hit a home run when he forecast that interest rates would spike up.He claimed that from the third inning he had the feeling he was going to hit a home run.
ˌhome ˈrun nounChineseSyllable
in hit which allows a baseball long Corpus


home run
ˌhome ˈrun noun [countable]
a long hit in baseball which allows the player who hits the ball to run around all the bases and get a point:
    I didn’t think I could hit a home run.


home runBrE /ˌhəʊm ˈrʌn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhoʊm ˈrʌn/ 🔊 (also NAmE, informal homer) noun(in baseball 棒球) a hit that allows the person hitting the ball to run around all the bases without stopping 本垒打