bat 1 S3 / bæt / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night → fruit bat

2

a) a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games :

a baseball bat

a cricket bat

b) British English a round flat piece of wood with a handle, used to hit a ball in table tennis 同义词 paddle American English

3 be at bat to be the person who is trying to hit the ball in a game of baseball

4 do something off your own bat British English informal to do something without being told to do it :

She went to see a solicitor off her own bat.

5 do something right off the bat American English informal to do something immediately :

He said yes right off the bat.

6 like a bat out of hell informal very fast :

I drove like a bat out of hell to the hospital.

7 old bat spoken an unpleasant old woman

→ as blind as a bat at blind 1 ( 1c )