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minor-leaguer

/mahy-ner-lee-ger/US // ˈmaɪ nərˈli gər //

小球员,小将,小球手,小球童

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of a minor-league team.
    • : Informal. a person whose skill or ability is suited only to a minor league or to a minor role in life.

Examples

  • Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.

  • A couple of people were treated for minor injuries but no major incidents occurred.

  • The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.

  • It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.

  • A few minor notes, born of reflection: Traditionally, the best columns are dominated by politics—its most popular topic.

  • Three days later he was in Switzerland, and a few days later again he was on the summit of a minor but still difficult peak.

  • The 'whole' of him that now dealt with Lettice was far above all minor and partial means of knowing.

  • Barton Booth died; a celebrated tragedian in the reign of queen Anne, author of some songs and minor pieces.

  • Even a minor dislocation breaks down a certain part of the machinery of society.

  • When she struck the chord of G minor, it was the right preparation, and brought you immediately into the mood for what followed.