southpaw
发音
How to pronounce southpaw in British English:
英 [ˈsaʊθpɔ:]
How to pronounce southpaw in American English:
美 [ˈsaʊθˌpɔ]
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- Noun:
- a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
- a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
单词词源
- southpaw (n.)
- "lefthander," 1885, originally baseball slang, of pitchers, often said to have been coined by Finley Peter Dunne ("Mr. Dooley"), Chicago sports journalist and humorist, in the days when, it is said, baseball diamonds regularly were laid out with home plate to the west. But south paw "a person's left hand" is attested from 1848 in the slang of pugilism.
双语例句
- 1. Every time he goes southpaw , use your right hand .