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southpaw

/south-paw/US // ˈsaʊθˌpɔ //UK // (ˈsaʊθˌpɔː) informal //

南派教徒,南派,南方人,南派人

Related Words

awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的gauche粗俗,不合时宜,粗俗的,别扭insincere不真诚的,无诚意,无诚意的,不真诚maladroit恶作剧,恶性循环,错乱,恶搞sinister邪恶的,阴险,狰狞,阴险的ambilevous暧昧的,暧昧,暧昧的人,暧昧不清sinistral正方形,正义的,正义,正方形的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is left-handed.
    • : Sports. a player who throws with the left hand, especially a pitcher.Boxing.a boxer who leads with the right hand and stands with the right foot forward, using the left hand for the most powerful blows.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : left-handed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inleft-handed
Synonyms
ambilevous暧昧的,暧昧,暧昧的人,暧昧不清awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的gauche粗俗,不合时宜,粗俗的,别扭insincere不真诚的,无诚意,无诚意的,不真诚maladroit恶作剧,恶性循环,错乱,恶搞sinister邪恶的,阴险,狰狞,阴险的sinistral正方形,正义的,正义,正方形的

What does southpaw mean?

A southpaw is a left-handed person, especially a boxer or baseball pitcher. It is also an adjective meaning “left-handed.”What are other words are related to southpaw:pitcherboxingbaseball

Examples

  • We turn now to estimating the size of the “southpaw advantage,” which we define as the overall advantage a pitcher gains solely from being left-handed, as compared to a right-handed pitcher with equal pitch quality.

  • We believe the source of southpaws’ “extra” success against hitters — beyond what the quality of their pitches can explain — is hitters’ relative lack of familiarity with the look of pitches coming from the left side.

  • As we stated earlier, southpaws have pitched 28 percent of major league innings in recent years, despite representing just 10 percent of the male population.

  • It seems fair to say that the southpaw advantage has shaped the game we know in fundamental ways.

  • You would be able to count all the lefty pitchers in the Hall of Fame on your fingers, and every few years we might debate whether a southpaw will ever win the Cy Young Award again.

  • The four-part story of Henry Wiggen begins with The Southpaw, which was published a year after The Natural.

  • He was one of the pitchers who when he was good was very good indeed, and on that day his southpaw slants were simply unhittable.

  • Then a veritable torrent of hits broke from the Bostons bats and drove the southpaw from the mound.

  • At the age when its purity was whitest, a great moon hung midway between Southpaw peak and Moon mountain.

  • The enemy over in Southpaw had already advanced the prophecy that they would take the meeting-house.

  • Over in Southpaw the enemy gazed down from the heights upon this spectacle in amazement.

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