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词汇 squeeze-play
释义 squeeze play
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈskwiːz ˌpleɪ/ us /ˈskwiːz ˌpleɪ/(alsosqueeze)

squeeze playnoun[C] (BASEBALL)


in baseball, an occasion when the batterbunts(= hits the ball softly only a short distance) so that the player at third base can run to home plate(= the last position that a player must reach) and score:
The manager called for a squeeze play.
He was tagged out when attempting to score on a squeeze.
See also
suicide squeeze
A squeeze play was on for the next pitch.
Burns led off the inning with a triple and then scored on a squeeze play.
Any decent player should be able to get the bat on the ball on a squeeze play.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Baseball & rounders
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ahead
alley
around the hornidiom
at bat
bomb
curve
heater
hit the ball out of the parkidiom
hitting coach
home plate
home stand
horsehide
sac
solo
spitter
split-fingered fastball
splitter
starting pitcher
swing

squeeze playnoun[C] (CARDS)


in card games such as bridge, the act of playing a card in a suit in which an opponent does not have any cards, forcing the opponent to discard(= get rid of) a card that could win a trick(= a round of play):
She thought that there might be a chance of making the contract by a squeeze play.
I was caught in a squeeze and had to throw away the king of spades.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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bidding
blackjack
bridge
busted flush
canasta
card sharp
deal
diamond
honour
jack
pool
queen
re-raise
rebid
recut
rookie card
solitaire
spade
straight
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