yorker
yorker — 名詞
- yorkersingular
- yorkersplural
1. In cricket, a fast delivery that pitches right at the batter's feet and passes l
約克球
板球中快速投出、落在打者腳邊的球
In cricket, a fast delivery that pitches right at the batter's feet and passes low under the bat, making it extremely hard to strike cleanly.
Anthony practiced his yorkers in the nets, watching the ball skid low past the bat and hit the stumps.
Anthony 在練習網中練習投約克球，看著球低角度從球棒旁滑過，擊中三柱門。
sentence pattern: yorker skids low + crashes into stumps
A well-aimed yorker from Tanvi knocked the middle stump out of the ground.
Tanvi 投出一記精準的約克球，打倒了中間的球門柱。
sentence pattern: [well-aimed yorker] + from [bowler] + verb phrase
Yumi's yorker landed at the batsman's toes, and the umpire called LBW before the batsman could lift his bat.
Yumi 的約克球精準落在打者的腳尖前，裁判判了LBW，打者還來不及舉起球棒。
Hoa disguised a yorker by bowling two slower balls, then a fast yorker the batter could not defend.
Hoa 先投了兩顆慢球，再投一顆打者無法防守的快速約克球，以此來偽裝約克球。
Emre's low yorker hit the base of the stumps in the final over, winning the match for Emre's team.
Emre 的低角度約克球在最後一局擊中三柱門底部，為 Emre 的球隊贏得了比賽。
- full delivery
A broader term for any ball that pitches close to the batter, but a yorker is specifically fast and aimed at the blockhole.
- bouncer
A short-pitched ball that bounces high, near the batter's head — the opposite height and strategy to a yorker.
文法句型
a + yorker
bowl + a + yorker
yorker + verb (hits / lands / knocks)
用法筆記
Commonly used in the context of limited-overs cricket matches, where a yorker is a key defensive bowling strategy. Frequently appears with the verbs bowl, deliver, or play (as in 'play a yorker').