innings

/ˈɪnɪŋz/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɪnɪŋz] /ˈɪnɪŋz/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɪnɪŋz] /ˈi-niŋ How to pronounce inning (audio)/ (ame, mw)

innings — 名詞

  • inningssingular
  • inningsesplural

1. one team's or player's period of batting in a cricket match.

1.名詞B2
釋義

打擊局

板球中一隊或一人的打擊時段

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.

午餐後，Takeshi 以兩次謹慎的單分得分展開這一局打擊。

open the innings

Rain stopped the innings before Christopher could face another ball.

雨勢讓這一局打擊中斷，Christopher 還來不及再面對下一球。

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.