bat a thousandとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent).

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動詞

bat a thousand (third-person singular simple present bats a thousand, present participle batting a thousand, simple past and past participle batted a thousand)

1. (baseball, literal) To reach first base on every at-bat.
2. (idiomatic) To achieve success at each attempt.

   He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss.

3. (idiomatic) To achieve perfection.

   No one can bat a thousand for the whole season.

4. (idiomatic) To have identical outcomes with each attempt.

同意語

• go or be two for two

関連する語

• bat five hundred