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bullpen

UK // (ˈbʊlˌpɛn) //

牛棚,牛栏,牛栏杆,牛皮箱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Baseball. a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game.the relief pitchers on a team.
    • : Informal. a large cell or room, usually next to the courtroom, where prisoners are temporarily held.a large room in an office occupied by many employees.
    • : any temporary or crowded quarters, as sleeping quarters in a lumber camp.
    • : a pen for a bull or bulls.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • To Palmer, the coincidence of his bullpen exile and his return to form was galling.

  • You know, he does the same thing in Dallas Buyers Club in the bullpen!

  • Eventually it got to be too much and NBC had to go to the bullpen.

  • Senators manager Bucky Harris signaled to the bullpen to send in a right-hander named Paul Hopkins.

  • When Strauss-Kahn crossed that bridge, he was delivered to Intake—or, as we inmates call it, “the bullpen.”

  • When in the "bullpen" Schrank's fellow prisoners shrank away from him.