innings
/ˈɪnɪŋz/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɪnɪŋz] /ˈɪnɪŋz/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɪnɪŋz] /ˈi-niŋ How to pronounce inning (audio)/ (ame, mw)
innings — noun
- inningssingular
- inningsesplural
1. one team's or player's period of batting in a cricket match.
1.名詞B2
釋義
one team's or player's period of batting in a cricket match.
例句
After lunch, Takeshi opened the innings with two careful singles.
open the innings
Rain stopped the innings before Christopher could face another ball.
Imani batted through the whole innings and scored fifty-eight runs.
The scoreboard showed forty runs at the end of the innings.
同義詞
- batting turn
plain descriptive phrase rather than the fixed cricket term
- inning
the baseball term; cricket normally uses innings instead
文法句型
open the innings
end of the innings
用法筆記
Used almost only in cricket. In cricket, innings is the standard word even when referring to one team's single turn at bat.
常見錯誤
❌The team started its second inning after tea.
✅The team started its second innings after tea.
💡In cricket, the usual term is innings, not inning.