英和和英

動詞

bat away (三人称単数 現在形 bats away, 現在分詞 batting away, 過去形および過去分詞形 batted away)

1. To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.

   The ball can still be batted away with one or both hands. It can be batted from a player's hands or batted away during a shot.

2. To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
   • 2008, 13 April, in The Observer, Hunger. Strikes. Riots. The food crisis bites, by Robin McKie and Heather Stewart.

     For his part, Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary - asked about the impact of US energy policies on food prices on Friday - tried to bat away the question.

3. (US, baseball, of a batter) To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
4. (US, circus スラング) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.