outcurve

/out-kurv/US // ˈaʊtˌkɜrv //

外曲线,曲线外侧,曲线图,曲线

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Baseball. a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter.the course of such a ball.
- : an outward curve.

He struck at the next and missed, and then Jim fanned him with a slow outcurve that he almost broke his back in reaching for.
The next was a wide outcurve away from the plate, but Ellis did not “bite,” and it went as a ball.
The third ball pitched was a wide outcurve at which Larry refused to bite.
Then the first ball pitched came in an outcurve which he swung at in vain.
To make him hit into a double play, Jim made the next an outcurve.