pinch hitter
成語所屬單字pinch
pinch hitter — 慣用語
1. in baseball, a player sent to bat in place of a teammate at an important moment;
1.慣用語
釋義
代打者；臨時頂替的人
in baseball, a player sent to bat in place of a teammate at an important moment; more generally, someone who steps in to do a job at short notice.
例句
The coach sent in Marcus as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.
Sarah acted as a pinch hitter when our regular speaker fell ill.