the majors
the majors — idiom
1. the highest level of professional baseball in the United States, made up of the
the highest level of professional baseball in the United States, made up of the best teams that compete against each other for a national championship.
Daichi spent six years in the minors before getting called up to the majors at twenty-four.
collocation: called up to the majors
When Folake retired from the majors, she had played over fifteen hundred games in eighteen seasons.
collocation: retired from the majors
Quinn was drafted straight out of college and played shortstop in the majors for seven seasons.
Scouts from every team watched Nora pitch in the championship game before she reached the majors.
- the big leagues
informal synonym, equally common in baseball contexts
- Major League Baseball
the formal name of the organisation that runs the majors
- the minors
the lower levels of professional baseball below the majors
- the minor leagues
the full name for the development leagues beneath the majors
文法句型
the + majors + [plural verb]
用法筆記
Always used with the definite article 'the'. This idiom is specific to baseball; outside sports contexts it can be used figuratively to mean the highest level of competition or achievement in any field, but the baseball origin is usually still felt.