Tinker to Evers to Chance

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork. US,idiomatic
    — The sonarman picks up the enemy, shoots the position to the radar controller sitting near him, and the radar controller, in a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance play, vectors a hovering helicopter to the spot.
专有名词
  1. A famous baseball infield double-play combination.

词形变化

Tinker to Evans to Chance alternative Tinker to Evans to Chance alternative

词源

词源 1
A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.
词源 2
A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.
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