tailenders
/teɪlˈend.ər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈteɪl.en.dɚ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtāl-ˌen-dər How to pronounce tailender (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tailenders — 名詞
1. a batter in cricket who comes near the bottom of the batting order and is usuall
後段打者
板球中排在打序後段、常非主力的人
a batter in cricket who comes near the bottom of the batting order and is usually not one of the team's strongest hitters; more generally, a person or thing that ends up behind the rest.
The tailenders blocked bravely and saved the match before sunset.
這些後段打者奮力守住局面，在日落前保住了這場比賽。
cricket: tailenders save the match
India's tailenders added twenty runs after the fast bowlers returned.
印度隊的後段打者在快速投手回來後又拿下二十分。
tailenders + add late runs
Two tailenders stayed in long enough for dark rain clouds to gather.
兩名後段打者撐了很久，久到深色的雨雲都聚了起來。
The tailenders kept the score moving until the captain declared.
這些後段打者一直把比數往前推進，直到隊長宣告結束該局。
- lower-order batters
neutral cricket term that focuses on batting position
- backmarkers
used more for races or league tables than for cricket
- laggards
broader and more critical, suggesting slow progress
- front-runners
people or teams near the front rather than trailing
- top-order batters
cricket term for the stronger batters who go in earlier
文法句型
the tailenders
[team]'s tailenders
tailenders + verb
用法筆記
Most often used in cricket for batters near the bottom of the order. Writers also use it figuratively for people or teams stuck near the end of a ranking, but that wider use is less common.