Bat

(noun.) (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; 'he was at bat when it happened'; 'he got four hits in four at-bats'.

(noun.) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.

(noun.) a club used for hitting a ball in various games.

(verb.) wink briefly; 'bat one's eyelids'.

(verb.) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; 'bat the ball'.

(verb.) use a bat; 'Who's batting?'.

(verb.) have a turn at bat; 'Jones bats first, followed by Martinez'.

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• Death on the cards, love in the stars, and the muttered prophecies of crouching hags, terrified at the omen of flying bat, of shrieking night-bird. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• She too was fascinated by him, fascinated, as if some strange creature, a rabbit or a bat, or a brown seal, had begun to talk to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They must have had a grotesque resemblance to heraldic dragons, and they played the part of bat-like birds in the Mesozoic jungles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Most of his teeth are gone, and he is as blind as bat. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• One large company alone manufactures 500,000 cues every year, and we must remember that a billiard cue, unlike a baseball bat, can be repaired and lasts for many years. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• His fine, black hair somehow reminded her of a bat, thin as it was on his full, sensitive-looking head, and worn away at the temples. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The application of oil colours and designs to ware before baking by the bat system of printing originated in the eighteenth and was perfected in the nineteenth century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Now look at the Galeopithecus or so-called flying lemur, which was formerly ranked among bats, but is now believed to belong to the Insectivora. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I'm like a ball-player that bats two hundred and thirty and knows he's no better. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It would have been as easy for the heath-ponies, bats, and snakes to be vulgar as for her. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Among mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Lyell asks, and assigns certain reasons in answer, why have not seals and bats given birth on such islands to forms fitted to live on the land? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Why, it may be asked, has the supposed creative force produced bats and no other mammals on remote islands? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It is certain that insects and blood-sucking bats determine the existence of the larger naturalised quadrupeds in several parts of South America. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In such a case, it is important not to use cotton batting, since this sticks to the rough surface and causes pain when removed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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