“twi、night”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

twi-night

释义

twi-night Baseball.|ˈtwaɪnaɪt|
[Blend of twilight n. and night n.]
(See quot. 1955.) Freq. attrib., as twi-night double-header (cf. double-header c). Hence ˈtwi-nighter, in same sense.
1939Amer. Speech XIV. 5 Blending..has proved practical in the formation of useful compounds where a combination of ideas is desired; as in..‘brunch’, ‘twinight’, ‘Anglamerican’.1953Sun (Baltimore) 28 Oct. (b ed.) 21/2 (heading) Twi-nighters?1955M. Reifer Dict. New Words 214/2 Twinight, n. Baseball, a double-header game which begins in the afternoon and continues into the night with artificial illumination.1975New Yorker 17 Nov. 148/2 The pitching left something to be desired, but the next afternoon, in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, Frank Tanana struck out seventeen Texas batters.1980N.Y. Post 4 Aug. 56 The Mets are still—again—two games under .500 and twi-night double⁓header here tonight..opens another five-game series against the division-leading Expos.

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